MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a fine and promising book related to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OERs). Distance learning technology has swiftly expanded in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach students in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the Internet allows potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in online learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massive open online courses are based on recorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are an effort to meet recent increases in the demand for instruction and online education. These massively open online courses are certainly a relevant change agent influencing e-learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World addresses opportunities in online learning technology online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This 2015 Routledge edited collection analyzes many notable advancements in MOOC classes. This informative new book also reviews educational resources and online education topics. This book includes Forward #2. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #8 by Maggie Hartnett, Mark Brown, Amy Wilson. 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”. For more details about this 2015 Routledge edited collection please see this open educational books website.
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