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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
consistently
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 several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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