MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
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
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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