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 is an educative and promising new book relevant to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources. Online education has swiftly expanded in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach learners all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the World Wide Web offers practicable kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are few trends in digital educational technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. We can no longer cover these massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some MOOCs are based on video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are a response to recent increases in the demand for e-learning and e-learning. These massive online courses are unquestionably becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in e-learning technology.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World explores opportunities in e-learning technology online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection discusses many noteworthy changes in MOOCs. This fine new book also analyzes open education resources (OER) and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1. The first part of this book includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head. 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”. This book includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst. This book includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar which is titled “Quality Assurance for Open Educational Resources: What’s the Difference?”. This book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #14. This chapter was written by Paul Kim and Charlie Chung. To find out more about this edited collection visit this open education book website.
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