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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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