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 a fascinating and promising new book relevant to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OERs). Electronic education technology has rapidly progressed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the information superhighway provides types of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning. There are not many trends in distance learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC courses. It is now impossible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massive open online courses are based on video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side answer to dramatic increases in the demand for erudition and blended learning. These online MOOCs are undeniably a meaningful change agent influencing distance 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 2015 Routledge edited collection addresses many changes in MOOC classes. This compelling new book also reviews open educational resources (OER) and online education topics. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. This book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #6 which is titled “Open Education at the University of Cape Town”. The third part of this book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst which is titled “Reflections of an Early MOOC Provider: Achievements and Future Directions”. This book 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”. This book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #17. This chapter was written by Erika M Behrmann, Radhika Gajjala, Elizabeth Losh, T.L. Cowan, Penelope Boyer, Jasmine Rault, Laura Wexler and CL Cole. For more info about this Routledge Chapman & Hall book see this educational research website.
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