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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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