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 Around the World is an exceptional and promising edited collection relating to massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). Digital e-learning technology has rapidly developed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach people in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the World Wide Web offers potent kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for online education. There are scarcely any trends in digital education technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. We can no longer cover these MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massively open online courses are based on recorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an effort to meet decades-long increases in the demand for schooling and blended learning. These online MOOCs are clearly becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in distance learning technology. MOOCs and Open Education examines the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual academics academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 edited collection investigates a lot of noteworthy improvements in massive online courses (MOOC). This informative new book also analyzes education resources and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #2. This book includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley. The third part of this book includes Chapter #8 which is titled “MOOCs Downunder: Insights from the Open2Study”. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #12 by Fred Mulder and Darco Jansen which is titled “MOOCs for Opening Up Education and the OpenupEd Initiative”. For more info about this 2015 Routledge book please go to this open educational resources website.
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