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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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