MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by Routledge Chapman & Hall.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a cutting-edge and promising edited collection having to do with massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources. Blended learning has quickly improved in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach people all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the information superhighway makes available potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are few trends in learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of massive open online courses. It is now impossible to cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massive open online courses are based on recorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side response to global increases in the demand for teaching and digital learning. These online MOOCs are obviously becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in online learning.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World deals with opportunities in online education technology online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection examines quite a few noteworthy improvements in massively open online courses (MOOC). This interesting new book also deals with educational resources and online education subjects. This book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. 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. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #8 which is titled “MOOCs Downunder: Insights from the Open2Study”. 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 which is titled “AMP: A Tool for Characterizing the Pedagogical Approaches of MOOCs”. The fifth part of this book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #15 which is titled “Learning about MOOCs by Talking to Students”. This chapter was written by Chuck Severance. For more info about this Routledge edited collection see this books about open education website.
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