MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by Routledge Chapman & Hall.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is an interesting and promising book pertaining to massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). Learning technology has swiftly improved in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach participants in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the World Wide Web provides potent kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in blended learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. It is now impossible to cover massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC classes are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are in response to increases in the demand for edification and online learning. These massive open courses are noticeably becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in online learning. MOOCs and Open Education articulates the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual academics academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge edited collection articulates a lot of substantial developments in MOOCs. This compelling new book also analyzes open education resources (OER) and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens 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 #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #6. The third part of this book includes Chapter #8 which is titled “MOOCs Downunder: Insights from the Open2Study”. 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 which is titled “MOOCs for Opening Up Education and the OpenupEd Initiative”. For more info about this Routledge edited collection see this open educational resources book website.
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