MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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