Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a significant and promising edited collection related to massive open online courses and open educational resources. Education has quickly grown in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the information superhighway allows powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning technology. There are few trends in electronic education technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massive open online courses. It is no longer possible to cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC classes are based on recorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side answer to decades-long increases in the demand for teaching and digital learning. These massive online courses are clearly becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in blended learning technology.

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World reviews the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual researchers academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge book articulates numerous remarkable changes in massive open online courses. This appealing new book also studies open educational resources and online education subjects. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds which is titled “Actions Leading to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World”. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4 which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. 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?”. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #11 which is titled “Quality Assurance for Open Educational Resources: What’s the Difference?”. To find out more about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection please go to this education books for teachers website.

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