MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is an educative and promising new book relevant to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OER). Learning technology has swiftly grown in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach students all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the information superhighway makes available powerful types of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are not too many trends in digital education technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. It has become impossible to cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side answer to recent increases in the demand for teaching and training. These online MOOCs are incontestably a relevant change agent influencing e-learning today. MOOCs and Open Education articulates the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual mentors academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 book reviews numerous noteworthy evolvements in massive open online courses. This engaging new book also investigates educational resources and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. 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 is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #8 by Maggie Hartnett, Mark Brown, Amy Wilson. This book includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. For more details about this edited collection go to this open education book website.
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