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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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