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 is an authoritative and promising book about massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OERs). distance learning technology has rapidly progressed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach learners in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the Internet makes available powerful forms of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning technology. There are few trends in elearning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC courses. It is no longer possible to cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC classes are based on prerecorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side answer to recent increases in the demand for schooling and elearning. These massive open online courses are incontestably a meaningful change agent influencing online education today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World articulates the current state of elearning technology and open educational resources (OER) in general. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book deals with several extraordinary changes in massively online courses (MOOC). This engaging new book also studies open educational resources (OER) and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. This book includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki. 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 #8. 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 which is titled “AMP: A Tool for Characterizing the Pedagogical Approaches of MOOCs”. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #15. To learn more about this 2015 Routledge book go to this best books about education website.
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