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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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