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 Around the World is an exceptional and promising book related to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OERs). Online learning technology has quickly developed in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach participants all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the information superhighway offers kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for digital e-learning technology. There are not many trends in online education technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these massive open online courses. We can no longer cover massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOC classes are based on video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an effort to meet decades-long increases in the demand for instruction and learning. These online MOOC courses are obviously a relevant change agent influencing e-learning technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World analyzes the current state of online learning technology and open education resources (OER) in general. This edited collection discusses dozens of big evolvements in massively open online courses (MOOC). This breathtaking new book also researches open education and online education topics. This book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki 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 #5 which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. The third part of this book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #8 by Maggie Hartnett, Mark Brown, Amy Wilson. 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. This book includes Chapter #16. This chapter was written by Bernard Robin and Sara McNeil. For more information about this edited collection please visit this books about education reform website.
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