MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 a cutting-edge and promising new edited collection about massively open online courses and open educational resources. Education has quickly expanded in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach students in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the Internet allows types of communication and interaction which are essential for blended learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in digital learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. We can no longer cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOC courses are based on recorded video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are an effort to respond to recent increases in the demand for teaching and learning and learning. These MOOCs are obviously a meaningful change agent influencing digital educational technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education addresses opportunities in electronic educational technology online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This 2015 edited collection investigates quite a few key developments in massively open online courses (MOOC). This breathtaking new book also analyzes open education resources (OER) and online education subjects. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #2. This book includes Chapter #4 which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. 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 which is titled “Strange Bedfellows?!: What can MOOCs learn from Distance Education?”. 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 #13. This chapter was written by Richard DeMillo. For more information about this Routledge Chapman & Hall book go to this best books about education website.
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