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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
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
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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