MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by 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 interesting and promising new book relating to massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). Elearning has quickly progressed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach students in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the World Wide Web allows forms of communication and interaction which are essential for technology-enhanced learning. There are few trends in online education over the past few decades 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 MOOC classes. Some MOOC classes are based on prerecorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are an effort to meet global increases in the demand for erudition and distance learning. Massively open online courses are certainly a powerful change agent influencing digital education technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education considers the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This book addresses dozens of major gains in massive online courses (MOOC). This compelling new book also studies open educational resources (OER) and online education subjects. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown. 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. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #12 by Fred Mulder and Darco Jansen. This book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #14. To learn more about this edited collection please see this educational technology website.
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