MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 educative and promising edited collection having to do with massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OERs). Distance learning technology has swiftly progressed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach students all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the World Wide Web provides kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning technology. There are scarcely any trends in electronic education technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC courses. It is no longer possible 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 recorded video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are a supply-side answer to global increases in the demand for tutoring and e-learning. Massively open online courses are surely a relevant change agent influencing online education technology today.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World discusses the potential of e-learning to provide access to new opportunities. This book discusses quite a few notable gains in massive open online courses. This cutting-edge new book also considers open education resources and online education issues. 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”. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown. This book includes Chapter #9. This book includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar which is titled “Quality Assurance for Open Educational Resources: What’s the Difference?”. 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”. This chapter was written by Bernard Robin and Sara McNeil. To find out more about this Routledge book please see this open education website.
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