MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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