MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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