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.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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