MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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