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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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