MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is an informative and promising new edited collection relating to massive open online courses and open education resources (OERs). Online learning has quickly advanced in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach participants in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the World Wide Web offers potent kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for digital learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in online learning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. It is now impossible to cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some MOOC courses are based on recorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are a supply-side effort to respond to increases in the demand for teaching and learning and elearning. MOOC classes are unmistakably becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in blended learning technology. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World discusses the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual corporate trainers academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection analyzes numerous significant advances in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This fascinating new book also explores open educational resources (OERs) and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. The first part of this book includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head. This book includes Chapter #6. 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?”. 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?”. For more information about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection see this open education website.
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