MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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