MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
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
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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