MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is an exciting and promising edited collection pertaining to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OER). Blended learning technology has swiftly developed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach learners in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the World Wide Web allows powerful forms of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in digital elearning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on prerecorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are an effort to respond to global increases in the demand for instruction and online education. These massive open online courses are absolutely a powerful change agent influencing blended learning today.
MOOCs and Open Education examines the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual intellectuals academics, universities, and societies. This book addresses several crucial improvements in MOOCs. This impressive book also investigates open education resources (OERs) and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley. This book includes Chapter #7 by Markus Deimann, Alexander Lipka, and Theo Bastiaens. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. The fifth part of this book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #13 which is titled “Unbundling Higher Education and the Georgia Tech Online M.S. in Computer Science: A Chronicle”. This chapter was written by Richard DeMillo. For more info about this Routledge book see this book about massively open online courses website.
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