MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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 exciting and promising edited collection relating to massive open online courses and open educational resources. Blended learning technology has swiftly developed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach learners in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the World Wide Web allows powerful forms of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in digital elearning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on prerecorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are an effort to respond to global increases in the demand for instruction and online education. These massive online courses are absolutely a powerful change agent influencing blended learning today.
MOOCs and Open Education examines the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This book investigates dozens of noteworthy changes in massively open online courses. This breathtaking new book also researches open education and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. The third part of this book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #9. The fourth part of this book includes Chapter #12 by Fred Mulder and Darco Jansen. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #16. This chapter was written by Bernard Robin and Sara McNeil. For more details about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection go to this learning theory (education) website.
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