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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
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 a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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