MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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 engaging and promising new edited collection about massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OERs). Digital learning has quickly progressed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach participants in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the Internet offers potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for education. There are not too many trends in digital educational technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. We can no longer cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC courses are based on prerecorded video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an answer to decades-long increases in the demand for tutoring and online education. MOOC classes are surely a relevant change agent influencing digital educational technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World reviews the current state of e-learning technology and open education resources (OER) in general. This Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection considers numerous extraordinary advances in massively open online courses (MOOC). This exceptional new book also explores educational resources 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 #2 by Karen Head. This book includes Chapter #6. The third part of this book includes Chapter #7 by Markus Deimann, Alexander Lipka, and Theo Bastiaens which is titled “Strange Bedfellows?!: What can MOOCs learn from Distance Education?”. This book includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar 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 #15. To learn more about this 2015 Routledge book go to this books about education website.
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