MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
normally 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 several
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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