MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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