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 Around the World is an authoritative and promising new edited collection related to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OERs). distance learning technology has rapidly developed 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 information superhighway allows practicable forms of communication and interaction which are essential for digital e-learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in online education over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC courses. It is no longer possible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some MOOC courses are based on video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are a supply-side effort to meet recent increases in the demand for tutoring and elearning. These massive open courses are plainly a significant change agent influencing distance learning technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World reviews the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual higher education instructors academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge edited collection investigates quite a few notable advances in MOOC classes. This scholarly new book also analyzes open education 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”. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. This book includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley. The third part of this book includes Chapter #7. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #12 by Fred Mulder and Darco Jansen which is titled “MOOCs for Opening Up Education and the OpenupEd Initiative”. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #15 which is titled “Learning about MOOCs by Talking to Students”. This chapter was written by Chuck Severance. For more information about this 2015 Routledge edited collection please go to this books about education reform website.
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