MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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