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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
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 quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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