MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 an appealing and promising book relevant to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OERs). Elearning has quickly advanced in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the World Wide Web allows practicable types of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning. There are not too many trends in digital learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. We can no longer cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some MOOC courses are based on recorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are a supply-side response to dramatic increases in the demand for teaching and digital learning. MOOC courses are undeniably becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in digital e-learning technology.
MOOCs and Open Education talks about the current state of blended learning technology and open education resources (OERs) in general. This 2015 book explores many meaningful evolvements in massively open online courses (MOOCs). This interesting new book also reviews open educational resources (OERs) and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. The first part of this book includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head. The second part of this book includes Chapter #5. The third part of this book 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 #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #16 which is titled “The Collaborative Design and Development of MOOCs for Teacher Professional Development”. For more information about this Routledge book see this books about education website.
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