MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is an authoritative and promising edited collection related to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OER). Online learning has rapidly grown in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach learners all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the information superhighway allows potent kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for digital educational technology. There are not many trends in online learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of 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 courses. Some massively open online courses are based on recorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are a supply-side answer to decades-long increases in the demand for tutoring and education. These massively open online courses are a powerful change agent influencing distance learning today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World analyzes the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual corporate trainers academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge book addresses dozens of important advances in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This fine new book also analyzes education resources and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. This book includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. This book includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. 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. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #11. The fifth part of this book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #13. This chapter was written by Richard DeMillo. To learn more about this 2015 Routledge book go to this open education resource website.
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