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 informative and promising book related to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources. E-learning technology has swiftly developed in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach learners in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the World Wide Web allows potent forms of communication and interaction which are essential for blended learning. There are scarcely any trends in e-learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It is now impossible to cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massive open online courses are based on recorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are a supply-side answer to increases in the demand for tutoring and education. These MOOC classes are clearly becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in digital learning.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World considers the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual educational scholars academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book studies quite a few remarkable improvements in MOOC courses. This enlightening new book also examines open education resources and online education subjects. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley. This book 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 #7 which is titled “Strange Bedfellows?!: What can MOOCs learn from Distance Education?”. The fourth part of this book includes Chapter #12. The fifth part of this book includes Chapter #16. This chapter was written by Bernard Robin and Sara McNeil. To find out more about this edited collection please see this distance learning website.
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