MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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