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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes 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 evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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