MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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