MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 an exciting and promising book relevant to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources. Technology-enhanced learning has rapidly progressed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the Internet provides potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning. There are few trends in online learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It is now impossible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on recorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are an effort to respond to decades-long increases in the demand for instruction and online learning. MOOC classes are definitely becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in learning technology.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World investigates the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 book researches a lot of notable advances in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This educative new book also articulates education resources and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1. This book includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. 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 which is titled “Quality Assurance for Open Educational Resources: What’s the Difference?”. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #16 which is titled “The Collaborative Design and Development of MOOCs for Teacher Professional Development”. This chapter was written by Bernard Robin and Sara McNeil. To find out more about this Routledge edited collection please see this open educational resources (oer) website.
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