MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 dramatic and promising book relevant to massively open online courses and open education resources. Online education technology has rapidly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the Internet offers forms of communication and interaction which are essential for blended learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in elearning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these massive open online courses. It is now impossible to cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some MOOC classes are based on recorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are a supply-side answer to recent increases in the demand for elearning and education. MOOCs are surely a powerful change agent influencing distance learning technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education reviews the current state of distance learning and open education resources (OERs) in general. This Routledge book articulates several extraordinary advancements in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This cutting-edge new book also analyzes open educational resources and online education topics. This book includes a preface which is titled “Actions Leading to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World”. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #2 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 #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. The third part of this book includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #11. The fifth part of this book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #14. For more details about this Routledge book please go to this learning theory (education) website.
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