MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a definitive and promising new edited collection about massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). distance learning has quickly improved in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach people in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the information superhighway makes available types of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning technology. There are not many trends in electronic educational technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on prerecorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side answer to dramatic increases in the demand for indoctrination and digital learning. Massively open online courses are unquestionably becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in blended learning technology.
MOOCs and Open Education describes the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual academics academics, universities, and societies. This edited collection reviews a lot of important developments in MOOC courses. This fascinating book also deals with open education and online education topics. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. This book includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #6 by Laura Czerniewicz, Glenda Cox, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Michelle Willmers which is titled “Open Education at the University of Cape Town”. This book includes Chapter #8 by Maggie Hartnett, Mark Brown, Amy Wilson which is titled “MOOCs Downunder: Insights from the Open2Study”. This book includes Chapter #11 which is titled “Quality Assurance for Open Educational Resources: What’s the Difference?”. This book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #13. This chapter was written by Richard DeMillo. For more information about this edited collection go to this open educational book website.
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