MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (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 educative and promising new edited collection pertaining to massive open online courses and open education resources. Digital educational technology has quickly grown in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the information superhighway makes possible potent forms of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are few trends in technology-enhanced learning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these massively open online courses. It has become impossible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some MOOCs are based on prerecorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are in response to decades-long increases in the demand for edification and training. Massive open online courses are decidedly becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in distance learning technology.
MOOCs and Open Education investigates the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This Routledge edited collection addresses several noteworthy trends in massively open courses (MOOC). This compelling new book also articulates open educational resources (OER) and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1 which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. This book includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head. The second part of this book 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 #9. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #10 which is titled “AMP: A Tool for Characterizing the Pedagogical Approaches of MOOCs”. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #13. To find out more about this book go to this elearning website.
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