MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015. Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a cutting-edge and promising new book about massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OER). Blended learning has quickly improved in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach people all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the information superhighway makes available potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are few trends in learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of massive open online courses. It is now impossible to cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massive open online courses are based on recorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side response to global increases in the demand for teaching and digital learning. These massively open online courses are obviously becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in online learning.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World deals with the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This book deals with numerous critical developments in MOOC courses. This definitive new book also deals with open educational resources and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds which is titled “Actions Leading to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World”. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley. This book includes Chapter #6 which is titled “Open Education at the University of Cape Town”. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #7 which is titled “Strange Bedfellows?!: What can MOOCs learn from Distance Education?”. This book includes Chapter #12 by Fred Mulder and Darco Jansen. This book includes Chapter #13. This chapter was written by Richard DeMillo. For more info about this Routledge book please go to this distance education website.
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