MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 fascinating and promising new edited collection relevant to massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). Electronic education technology has rapidly progressed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the information superhighway provides types of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning. There are not many trends in distance learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC courses. It is now impossible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massive open online courses are based on video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side answer to dramatic increases in the demand for erudition and blended learning. These massively open online courses are undeniably becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in distance learning technology.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World studies the current state of digital learning technology and open education resources in general. This Routledge edited collection analyzes dozens of improvements in massively open online courses (MOOC). This thought-provoking new book also investigates open educational resources (OERs) and online education topics. 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 #3. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #6. The third part of this book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #7 by Markus Deimann, Alexander Lipka, and Theo Bastiaens. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #12 which is titled “MOOCs for Opening Up Education and the OpenupEd Initiative”. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #14. To find out more about this book see this books about open education website.
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