MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching 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 experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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