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 an authoritative and promising new book related to massive open online courses and open education resources. Digital e-learning technology has quickly expanded in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach students in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the information superhighway makes available types of communication and interaction which are essential for online education. There are few trends in distance learning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover these massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOCs are based on recorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side effort to respond to global increases in the demand for teaching and learning and distance learning. These massive online courses are undeniably a significant change agent influencing digital e-learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education talks about the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual intellectuals academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge edited collection studies many crucial gains in MOOC classes. This authoritative new book also articulates open educational resources and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head which is titled “The Single Canon: MOOCs and Academic Colonization”. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. This book includes Chapter #9. This book includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. To learn more about this 2015 Routledge book please go to this book about massively open online courses website.
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