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 is an interesting and promising new book relating to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources. Digital learning technology has swiftly improved in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach learners in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the World Wide Web offers practicable types of communication and interaction which are essential for digital education technology. There are hardly any trends in blended learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. It is no longer possible to cover these MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOC classes are based on video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are a response to global increases in the demand for instruction and online education. Massive open online courses are definitely a meaningful change agent influencing electronic education technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World addresses the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual instructors academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book considers a lot of remarkable advancements in massively open online courses (MOOC). This fine new book also researches open educational resources (OER) and online education topics. This book includes Forward #2. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #2 which is titled “The Single Canon: MOOCs and Academic Colonization”. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #6 by Laura Czerniewicz, Glenda Cox, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Michelle Willmers which is titled “Open Education at the University of Cape Town”. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst which is titled “Reflections of an Early MOOC Provider: Achievements and Future Directions”. This book includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar which is titled “Quality Assurance for Open Educational Resources: What’s the Difference?”. The fifth part of this book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #14 which is titled “Creating a Temporary Spontaneous Mini-Ecosystem through a MOOC”. This chapter was written by Paul Kim and Charlie Chung. To learn more about this edited collection please go to this distance education website.
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