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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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