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 a scholarly and promising new book relevant to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OERs). Digital elearning technology has rapidly advanced in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach people all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the information superhighway makes possible potent kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for digital elearning technology. There are not many trends in distance learning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover these massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOC courses are based on recorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side response to decades-long increases in the demand for erudition and blended learning. These MOOC courses are becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in digital education technology.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World discusses the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This Routledge book examines quite a few extraordinary improvements in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This fascinating book also addresses open educational resources (OERs) and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. This book includes Chapter #1 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 #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst. 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. To find out more about this 2015 Routledge edited collection please go to this open educational book website.
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