MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015. 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 breathtaking and promising new book pertaining to massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). Elearning has swiftly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach students all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the Internet allows powerful types of communication and interaction which are essential for education. There are few trends in blended learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. We can no longer cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are an effort to respond to recent increases in the demand for e-learning and distance learning. These MOOC courses are decidedly a relevant change agent influencing online learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education addresses the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual instructors academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 book researches quite a few critical improvements in massively open courses (MOOC). This thought-provoking new book also articulates educational resources and online education topics. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4. The third part of this book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #7 which is titled “Strange Bedfellows?!: What can MOOCs learn from Distance Education?”. This book includes Chapter #10. To find out more about this Routledge book please visit this e-learning website.
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