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.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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