MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is an appealing and promising book pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OER). Distance learning technology has rapidly improved in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach students in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the World Wide Web makes possible kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in e-learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these massive open online courses. It has become impossible to cover MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC classes are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are a response to dramatic increases in the demand for e-learning and online learning. These MOOC courses are surely a meaningful change agent influencing online learning today. MOOCs and Open Education talks about the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 Routledge edited collection describes numerous substantial developments in MOOC courses. This informative new book also researches open education resources (OERs) and online education subjects. The front matter of 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 #3 by Kumiko Aoki which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. The third part of this book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and 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 is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar. To find out more about this 2015 edited collection see this open educational resources website.
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