MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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