MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This gripping 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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