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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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