MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by Routledge Chapman & Hall (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 appealing and promising new book having to do with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERs). Learning technology has swiftly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach people all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the information superhighway provides practicable forms of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning technology. There are hardly any trends in digital education technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It is now impossible to cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOC courses are based on prerecorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side effort to respond to increases in the demand for instruction and blended learning. These online MOOCs are undoubtedly a relevant change agent influencing digital e-learning technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World studies the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This edited collection explores several extraordinary evolvements in massively open online courses (MOOCs). This edifying new book also examines open education resources (OERs) and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes a preface. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. The second part of this book includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown. 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”. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar. The fifth part of this book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #13 which is titled “Unbundling Higher Education and the Georgia Tech Online M.S. in Computer Science: A Chronicle”. This chapter was written by Richard DeMillo. To learn more about this 2015 Routledge book visit this open education book website.
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