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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses 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 many
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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