MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by 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 Around the World is a thought-provoking and promising edited collection related to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources. E-learning technology has quickly expanded in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach students in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the information superhighway allows kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for electronic educational technology. There are hardly any trends in online learning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. We can no longer cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some massively open online courses are based on recorded video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are a supply-side effort to meet dramatic increases in the demand for schooling and e-learning. These MOOC courses are clearly becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in digital education technology.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World discusses the potential of learning technology to provide access to new opportunities. This 2015 Routledge edited collection considers dozens of critical trends in MOOC courses. This definitive new book also considers open education resources (OERs) and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4 which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #8 which is titled “MOOCs Downunder: Insights from the Open2Study”. The fourth part of this book includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. 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. For more information about this 2015 book please see this distance learning website.
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