MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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