MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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