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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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