MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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