MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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