MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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