MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation 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 we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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