MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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