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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes 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 quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Chile to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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