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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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