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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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