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.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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