MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge Published: July 1, 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 an appealing and promising new book having to do with massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources. Electronic educational technology has swiftly expanded in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach learners all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the information superhighway provides powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning. There are scarcely any trends in electronic educational technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC courses. We can no longer cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some massive open online courses are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are a supply-side effort to meet decades-long increases in the demand for e-learning and distance learning. Massive open online courses are undoubtedly a relevant change agent influencing blended learning today.
MOOCs and Open Education explores the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual intellectuals academics, universities, and societies. This edited collection analyzes quite a few key improvements in massively open courses (MOOC). This educative new book also researches open education resources and online education issues. 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”. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. The third part of this book includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst which is titled “Reflections of an Early MOOC Provider: Achievements and Future Directions”. This book includes Chapter #11. This book includes Chapter #13 which is titled “Unbundling Higher Education and the Georgia Tech Online M.S. in Computer Science: A Chronicle”. This chapter was written by Richard DeMillo. For more info about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection go to this distance education website.
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