MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published: July 1, 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 authoritative and promising book relevant to massive open online courses and open education resources. Digital education technology has rapidly evolved in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach people in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the Internet offers powerful forms of communication and interaction which are essential for blended learning. There are hardly any trends in digital learning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these massively open online courses. It is no longer possible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some massive open online courses are based on video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are a supply-side response to dramatic increases in the demand for teaching and learning and online learning. Massive open online courses are certainly becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in online learning technology. MOOCs and Open Education articulates the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual educators academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge book considers quite a few remarkable improvements in MOOC courses. This impressive new book also deals with education resources and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. The first part of 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”. 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 which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. This book includes Chapter #8. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #12 by Fred Mulder and Darco Jansen. To learn more about this Routledge book go to this educational research website.
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