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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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