MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge Chapman & Hall.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is an illuminating and promising edited collection relating to massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). distance learning has quickly progressed in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach participants in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the Internet offers kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning technology. There are few trends in elearning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It is no longer possible to cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side effort to meet global increases in the demand for teaching and learning. These online MOOCs are incontestably a meaningful change agent influencing digital elearning technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World describes the potential of digital learning technology to provide access to new opportunities. This book researches several critical improvements in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This educative new book also articulates educational resources and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2. The first part of this book 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 is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst which is titled “Reflections of an Early MOOC Provider: Achievements and Future Directions”. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar which is titled “Quality Assurance for Open Educational Resources: What’s the Difference?”. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #14. This chapter was written by Paul Kim and Charlie Chung. For more details about this Routledge book go to this educational technology website.
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