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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically 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
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Cameroon to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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