MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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