MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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