MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly 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 several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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