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 is a fascinating and promising new book pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OER). Digital e-learning technology has swiftly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach humans in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the World Wide Web provides powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for blended learning. There are not too many trends in online education over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these massively open online courses. It has become impossible to cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side response to global increases in the demand for teaching and blended learning. These massive open online courses are becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in blended learning. MOOCs and Open Education articulates the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual mentors academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge edited collection reviews a lot of crucial improvements in MOOCs. This thought-provoking new book also studies open educational resources (OERs) and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder. This book includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #6 by Laura Czerniewicz, Glenda Cox, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Michelle Willmers. This book includes Chapter #7 by Markus Deimann, Alexander Lipka, and Theo Bastiaens which is titled “Strange Bedfellows?!: What can MOOCs learn from Distance Education?”. The fourth part of this book includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. For more info about this edited collection please visit this distance learning website.
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