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 is an interesting and promising book pertaining to massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). Learning technology has swiftly progressed in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach humans in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the Internet allows practicable forms of communication and interaction which are essential for digital learning. There are not many trends in online education technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are an effort to respond to dramatic increases in the demand for e-learning and blended learning. These massively open online courses are absolutely becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in blended learning technology. MOOCs and Open Education explores the current state of online learning and open education in general. This 2015 book explores dozens of advancements in massively open courses (MOOC). This fascinating new book also articulates education resources and online education subjects. This book includes Forward #2. This book includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki. 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”. The third part of this book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #7. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #12 which is titled “MOOCs for Opening Up Education and the OpenupEd Initiative”. To find out more about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection please go to this open educational resources book website.
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