MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge Published: July 1, 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a fascinating and promising edited collection relevant to massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). Online education technology has quickly improved in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach learners in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the Internet makes available powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for education. There are few trends in distance learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these massively open online courses. It is no longer possible to cover massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some MOOCs are based on video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are a response to decades-long increases in the demand for tutoring and online learning. These online MOOCs are without question a powerful change agent influencing digital educational technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World addresses the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual educators academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge book analyzes a lot of major improvements in MOOC classes. This exciting new book also reviews open educational resources (OERs) and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1 which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. 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 includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown. The third part of this book includes Chapter #7. The fourth part of this book includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen which is titled “AMP: A Tool for Characterizing the Pedagogical Approaches of MOOCs”. To find out more about this 2015 Routledge book go to this learning theory (education) website.
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