MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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