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.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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