MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
book
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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