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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students 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 a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
key 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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