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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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