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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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