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.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Hungary to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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