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 Around the World is an appealing and promising new book relevant to massively open online courses and open educational 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. Massive open online courses are undoubtedly becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in digital e-learning technology.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World studies opportunities in digital e-learning technology online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book investigates a lot of noteworthy developments in massively open online courses. This compelling new book also studies open educational resources (OER) and online education topics. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. This book includes Chapter #1. 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 includes Chapter #7 by Markus Deimann, Alexander Lipka, and Theo Bastiaens. 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. 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 info about this 2015 book go to this open educational books website.
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