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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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