MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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 dramatic and promising new edited collection pertaining to massive open online courses and open education resources (OERs). 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. These MOOC courses are incontestably a significant change agent influencing online learning today. MOOCs and Open Education describes the current state of electronic education technology and open educational resources (OER) in general. This Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection talks about a lot of extraordinary developments in massive online courses (MOOC). This fascinating new book also considers education resources and online education subjects. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. The first part of this book includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. This book includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar. To learn more about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection visit this best books about education website.
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