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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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