MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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