MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 edifying and promising book pertaining to massive open online courses and open educational resources. Digital learning has quickly developed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the Internet provides types of communication and interaction which are essential for technology-enhanced learning. There are hardly any trends in elearning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these massive open online courses. It is now impossible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some MOOC classes are based on video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a response to global increases in the demand for e-learning and education. Massive open online courses are noticeably a relevant change agent influencing digital learning today. MOOCs and Open Education studies the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 edited collection describes quite a few far-reaching improvements in MOOC courses. This significant new book also discusses open educational resources (OER) and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. This book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley. 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. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst. This book includes Chapter #12 by Fred Mulder and Darco Jansen which is titled “MOOCs for Opening Up Education and the OpenupEd Initiative”. To find out more about this Routledge Chapman & Hall book please see this books about education reform website.
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