MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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