MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a breathtaking and promising book relevant to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OER). distance learning has rapidly improved in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach students all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the information superhighway makes available potent kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for technology-enhanced learning. There are hardly any trends in blended learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. It is now impossible to cover these massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on prerecorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side response to decades-long increases in the demand for edification and digital learning. These online MOOCs are plainly a meaningful change agent influencing education today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World deals with the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 edited collection discusses several meaningful gains in massively open online courses (MOOC). This informative new book also investigates open education resources and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds which is titled “Actions Leading to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World”. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki. The second part of this book includes Chapter #4. This book includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst. This book includes Chapter #10. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #14. This chapter was written by Paul Kim and Charlie Chung. To learn more about this Routledge edited collection please see this e-learning theory website.
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