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 an interesting and promising new edited collection pertaining to massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). Online learning technology has rapidly expanded in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach humans in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the World Wide Web allows types of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are hardly any trends in digital elearning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massive open online courses. We can no longer cover these massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOC classes are based on video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are in response to decades-long increases in the demand for erudition and blended learning. These MOOC courses are undeniably becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in online education. MOOCs and Open Education articulates the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual academics academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book reviews a lot of key historical trends in massively open online courses (MOOCs). This fascinating book also analyzes open education 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 #2 by Karen Head. The second part of this book includes Chapter #5 which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. The third part of this book includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst which is titled “Reflections of an Early MOOC Provider: Achievements and Future Directions”. 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 Routledge edited collection go to this distance learning book website.
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