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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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