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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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