MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by Routledge Chapman & Hall (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 edited collection relevant to massively open online courses and open educational resources. Online learning has quickly developed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach students all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the World Wide Web makes possible powerful types of communication and interaction which are essential for digital educational technology. There are not many trends in distance learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It is no longer possible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOCs are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are in response to decades-long increases in the demand for schooling and e-learning. Massively open online courses are clearly becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in learning technology.
MOOCs and Open Education researches the current state of elearning technology and open educational resources (OERs) in general. This Routledge edited collection considers several major changes in MOOC courses. This impressive book also discusses open education resources (OERs) and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. The first part of this book includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst which is titled “Reflections of an Early MOOC Provider: Achievements and Future Directions”. 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 which is titled “AMP: A Tool for Characterizing the Pedagogical Approaches of MOOCs”. The fifth part of this book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #14 which is titled “Creating a Temporary Spontaneous Mini-Ecosystem through a MOOC”. This chapter was written by Paul Kim and Charlie Chung. For more details about this Routledge edited collection visit this book about open education website.
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