Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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