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 an educative and promising new edited collection about massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OER). Digital learning technology has swiftly improved in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach humans in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the World Wide Web provides potent forms of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are not many trends in blended learning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It is no longer possible to cover MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOC courses are based on video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side response to recent increases in the demand for training and learning. These MOOC classes are decidedly a meaningful change agent influencing digital learning today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World examines the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book examines several far-reaching advancements in MOOC classes. This edifying new book also addresses open educational resources and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. The second part of this book includes Chapter #6 by Laura Czerniewicz, Glenda Cox, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Michelle Willmers which is titled “Open Education at the University of Cape Town”. This book includes Chapter #8. 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 which is titled “AMP: A Tool for Characterizing the Pedagogical Approaches of MOOCs”. For more information about this Routledge Chapman & Hall book see this instructional design website.
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