MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Niue to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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