MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is an appealing and promising new book having to do with massively open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OERs). Online learning technology has rapidly improved in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the Internet makes available kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for electronic educational technology. There are scarcely any trends in online education technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. We can no longer cover these MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massive open online courses are based on prerecorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are an effort to respond to recent increases in the demand for instruction and blended learning. These MOOCs are surely becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in online education.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World deals with the current state of digital educational technology and educational resources in general. This Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection talks about many major evolvements in massively open online courses. This fascinating book also reviews open educational resources (OER) and online education subjects. This book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3 which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4. The third part of 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”. This book includes Chapter #10. This book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #17 which is titled “Feminist Alternatives to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): The Inception of the Distributed Open Collaborative Course (DOCC)”. This chapter was written by Erika M Behrmann, Radhika Gajjala, Elizabeth Losh, T.L. Cowan, Penelope Boyer, Jasmine Rault, Laura Wexler and CL Cole. For more details about this 2015 Routledge edited collection please see this open learning website.
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