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 a breathtaking and promising book about massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources. distance learning has quickly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach learners all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the World Wide Web makes possible kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning technology. There are hardly any trends in digital educational technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these massive open online courses. It is no longer possible to cover MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massively open online courses are based on recorded video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are an answer to dramatic increases in the demand for schooling and education. These MOOC classes are clearly a relevant change agent influencing technology-enhanced learning today.
MOOCs and Open Education deals with the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This book considers quite a few meaningful historical trends in massively online courses (MOOC). This informative new book also addresses open education resources (OERs) and online education topics. This book includes Forward #1. 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 includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #8 by Maggie Hartnett, Mark Brown, Amy Wilson. This book includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar. This book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #17. For more information about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection see this open education books website.
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