MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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 enlightening and promising new edited collection relating to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OERs). Digital e-learning technology has rapidly expanded in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach participants in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the Internet makes available powerful forms of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning. There are not too many trends in distance learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. It has become impossible to cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC classes are based on prerecorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are an effort to meet recent increases in the demand for instruction and distance learning. MOOC courses are noticeably a relevant change agent influencing digital e-learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World articulates the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual mentors academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 edited collection studies dozens of trends in massively open online courses. This educative new book also considers open education resources (OER) and online education topics. 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 #3 by Kumiko Aoki which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. This book 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 #9. The fourth part of this book includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar. For more details about this edited collection see this open educational book website.
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