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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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