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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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