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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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