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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
blended learning make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Congo, (Congo � – Brazzaville) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
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