MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a thought-provoking and promising book relating to massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). Learning technology has swiftly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach learners in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway offers practicable types of communication and interaction which are essential for digital education technology. There are not too many trends in digital elearning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. It is no longer possible to cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some massive open online courses are based on prerecorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a response to increases in the demand for tutoring and learning. These massive online courses are surely becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in electronic education technology. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World articulates the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 Routledge book reviews several noteworthy evolvements in massively open courses (MOOC). This fine new book also articulates open educational resources (OER) and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. This book includes Chapter #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. This book includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley. 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 is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. For more information about this 2015 Routledge book please go to this open educational book website.
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