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.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a scholarly and promising book relevant to massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). Digital learning has swiftly progressed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach participants in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the information superhighway makes available potent forms of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning. There are scarcely any trends in blended learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these massive open online courses. We can no longer cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massive open online courses are based on prerecorded video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are an effort to respond to global increases in the demand for indoctrination and online education. MOOCs are absolutely a meaningful change agent influencing digital learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World examines the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual instructors academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge edited collection explores quite a few notable changes in MOOCs. This compelling new book also addresses open educational resources and online education topics. This book includes Forward #1 which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. The second part of this book includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley. The third part of this book includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst which is titled “Reflections of an Early MOOC Provider: Achievements and Future Directions”. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar which is titled “Quality Assurance for Open Educational Resources: What’s the Difference?”. For more details about this 2015 book please visit this open education website.
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