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 an authoritative and promising new book relevant to massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). distance learning has rapidly grown in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach humans in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the Internet provides practicable types of communication and interaction which are essential for digital learning. There are hardly any trends in digital educational technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. It is no longer possible 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 effort to meet decades-long increases in the demand for teaching and digital learning. These massively open online courses are undeniably a powerful change agent influencing e-learning technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World analyzes the current state of digital learning and educational resources in general. This Routledge book articulates quite a few far-reaching trends in massively open courses (MOOC). This illuminating new book also investigates educational resources and online education issues. This book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. This book includes Chapter #3 which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley. The third part of this book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #7. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #12 which is titled “MOOCs for Opening Up Education and the OpenupEd Initiative”. The fifth part of this book 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. For more information about this book visit this distance learning website.
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