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 is a scholarly and promising edited collection relating to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources. Blended learning has rapidly developed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the World Wide Web allows practicable kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for digital learning. There are scarcely any trends in education over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. We can no longer cover these massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massive open online courses are based on prerecorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are an answer to increases in the demand for schooling and e-learning. MOOC classes are surely becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in online learning.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World investigates the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual instructors academics, universities, and societies. This edited collection articulates quite a few trends in MOOCs. This edifying new book also articulates open education and online education subjects. 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 includes Chapter #2. The second part of this book includes Chapter #5 which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. The third part of this book includes Chapter #7 which is titled “Strange Bedfellows?!: What can MOOCs learn from Distance Education?”. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #10 which is titled “AMP: A Tool for Characterizing the Pedagogical Approaches of MOOCs”. This book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #15. This chapter was written by Chuck Severance. To learn more about this Routledge Chapman & Hall book go to this learning theory (education) website.
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