MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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