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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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