MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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 enlightening and promising book relating to massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). Learning technology has swiftly improved in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach humans in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the Internet provides powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning. There are scarcely any trends in digital e-learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It is now impossible to cover these MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some massive open online courses are based on video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are in response to decades-long increases in the demand for teaching and learning and elearning. These online MOOCs are obviously a powerful change agent influencing education today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World describes the potential of learning technology to provide access to new opportunities. This book researches dozens of notable advancements in massively open courses (MOOC). This compelling new book also explores open educational resources and online education issues. This book includes a preface. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3. This book includes Chapter #6 which is titled “Open Education at the University of Cape Town”. The third part of this book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #9 which is titled “Reflections of an Early MOOC Provider: Achievements and Future Directions”. The fourth part of this book includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. The fifth part of this book is about “Innovative Courses, Programs, and Models of Instruction” and includes Chapter #16 which is titled “The Collaborative Design and Development of MOOCs for Teacher Professional Development”. For more info about this 2015 edited collection visit this open education book website.
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