MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 pages.
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 an interesting and promising new edited collection having to do with massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OERs). Online education technology has quickly developed in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach learners all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway provides practicable forms of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning. There are hardly any trends in technology-enhanced learning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC courses. It is no longer possible to cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some MOOC classes are based on recorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are a supply-side effort to meet recent increases in the demand for edification and online learning. MOOC courses are noticeably a relevant change agent influencing e-learning technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World describes the current state of elearning and open educational resources in general. This book deals with many improvements in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This enlightening new book also investigates open educational resources (OER) and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #2. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 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. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #12 by Fred Mulder and Darco Jansen. This book includes Chapter #17 which is titled “Feminist Alternatives to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): The Inception of the Distributed Open Collaborative Course (DOCC)”. 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 Routledge Chapman & Hall book please visit this education books for teachers website.
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