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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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