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 is an enlightening and promising new edited collection pertaining to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources. distance learning technology has rapidly expanded in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach people in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the information superhighway makes possible kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for digital elearning technology. There are scarcely any trends in electronic educational technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC courses. It has become impossible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massive open online courses are based on video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side effort to respond to increases in the demand for indoctrination and distance learning. These MOOC classes are without question becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in digital educational technology.
MOOCs and Open Education researches the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book describes several remarkable changes in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This fascinating book also articulates open education and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. This book includes Chapter #3 which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. The second part of this book includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. This book includes Chapter #15 which is titled “Learning about MOOCs by Talking to Students”. For more info about this book go to this open educational book website.
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