MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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