MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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