MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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