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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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