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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly 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 many
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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