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.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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