MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – 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
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Libya to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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