MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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