MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge Chapman & Hall (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a compelling and promising new book pertaining to massive open online courses and open educational resources. Elearning technology has quickly grown in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway makes possible potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning. There are hardly any trends in digital learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC courses. We can no longer cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some massive open online courses are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are a supply-side effort to meet decades-long increases in the demand for e-learning and distance learning. These massively open online courses are undoubtedly becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in blended learning.
MOOCs and Open Education explores the potential of digital educational technology to provide access to new opportunities. This 2015 book addresses several remarkable trends in massively online courses (MOOC). This definitive new book also deals with education resources and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head 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 #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. This book includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst. This book includes Chapter #12 which is titled “MOOCs for Opening Up Education and the OpenupEd Initiative”. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #16 which is titled “The Collaborative Design and Development of MOOCs for Teacher Professional Development”. For more info about this 2015 book go to this books about education reform website.
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