MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a significant and promising new book having to do with massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OERs). Digital learning technology has swiftly developed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach people all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the World Wide Web offers practicable types of communication and interaction which are essential for education. There are hardly any trends in blended learning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It is no longer possible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massively open online courses are based on recorded video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are a supply-side effort to respond to global increases in the demand for e-learning and training. MOOCs are without question becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in digital educational technology. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World studies the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 book researches quite a few far-reaching improvements in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This appealing new book also discusses open educational resources and online education subjects. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. 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 #8 by Maggie Hartnett, Mark Brown, Amy Wilson. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. For more info about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection please see this open educational resources website.
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