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 an impressive and promising new book pertaining to massive open online courses and open education resources (OERs). Online education has quickly advanced in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach humans in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the Internet provides practicable kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for electronic education technology. There are hardly any trends in distance learning technology over the past few decades 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 massive open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on prerecorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are an answer to recent increases in the demand for erudition and blended learning. Massive open online courses are without question becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in technology-enhanced learning.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World researches the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 edited collection analyzes a lot of remarkable developments in massive open online courses. This definitive new book also considers open education and online education topics. This book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. This book includes Chapter #2 which is titled “The Single Canon: MOOCs and Academic Colonization”. This book includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. 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 is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #11 which is titled “Quality Assurance for Open Educational Resources: What’s the Difference?”. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #14. For more information about this Routledge Chapman & Hall book visit this book about open education website.
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