MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a dramatic and promising edited collection pertaining to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources. Digital e-learning technology has rapidly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach humans all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the Internet provides powerful types of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in digital elearning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC courses. It is now impossible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC classes are based on video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are a supply-side response to global increases in the demand for erudition and blended learning. Massively open online courses are incontestably becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in online learning. MOOCs and Open Education describes the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 Routledge edited collection examines a lot of critical evolvements in massively online courses (MOOC). This educative new book also examines open education resources (OERs) and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4. 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”. 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 2015 Routledge book go to this open educational resources book website.
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