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 thought-provoking and promising new book relating to massively open online courses and open education resources (OERs). Online learning has rapidly developed in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach students in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the information superhighway makes possible potent kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for digital e-learning technology. There are few trends in distance learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC courses. It is no longer possible to cover MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massively open online courses are based on recorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are an effort to respond to dramatic increases in the demand for tutoring and distance learning. These massive open online courses are decidedly a relevant change agent influencing digital education technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education articulates the potential of digital learning to provide access to new opportunities. This Routledge book reviews many critical advances in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This scholarly new book also researches open education and online education topics. The front matter of 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 #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 #6 which is titled “Open Education at the University of Cape Town”. The third part of this book includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst which is titled “Reflections of an Early MOOC Provider: Achievements and Future Directions”. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #17. This chapter was written by Erika M Behrmann, Radhika Gajjala, Elizabeth Losh, T.L. Cowan, Penelope Boyer, Jasmine Rault, Laura Wexler and CL Cole. To find out more about this 2015 Routledge edited collection please go to this elearning website.
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