MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 book relevant to massively open online courses and open educational resources. E-learning technology has swiftly expanded in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach humans in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the information superhighway offers powerful forms of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning. There are not many trends in education over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. It is no longer possible to cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on recorded video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a response to recent increases in the demand for tutoring and education. MOOC courses are a meaningful change agent influencing blended learning today. MOOCs and Open Education deals with opportunities in distance learning technology online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This 2015 Routledge edited collection studies a lot of major evolvements in MOOC courses. This breathtaking new book also articulates open education resources (OERs) and online education subjects. This book includes Forward #1. This book includes Chapter #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and 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 #7 by Markus Deimann, Alexander Lipka, and Theo Bastiaens which is titled “Strange Bedfellows?!: What can MOOCs learn from Distance Education?”. This book includes Chapter #10. For more info about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection go to this distance education website.
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