MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published: July 1, 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 educative and promising book relevant to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OERs). Blended learning has swiftly progressed in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach people in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the Internet makes available practicable types of communication and interaction which are essential for electronic education technology. There are hardly any trends in online education technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these massively open online courses. It is now impossible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massive open online courses are based on recorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side response to increases in the demand for edification and elearning. Massively open online courses are undoubtedly a relevant change agent influencing online education technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education analyzes the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual mentors academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 edited collection examines numerous crucial evolvements in massively open online courses. This thought-provoking new book also considers open education resources (OERs) and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. The second part of this book includes Chapter #4 which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. This book includes Chapter #8 by Maggie Hartnett, Mark Brown, Amy Wilson. This book includes Chapter #12 by Fred Mulder and Darco Jansen which is titled “MOOCs for Opening Up Education and the OpenupEd Initiative”. This book includes Chapter #16. This chapter was written by Bernard Robin and Sara McNeil. To find out more about this Routledge book go to this open education book website.
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