MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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