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
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Angola to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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