MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by Routledge Chapman & Hall (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a thought-provoking and promising new edited collection relating to massively open online courses and open education resources (OERs). Blended learning technology has quickly grown in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach people in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the World Wide Web allows powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are few trends in e-learning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC courses. We can no longer cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOC classes are based on recorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are in response to increases in the demand for schooling and blended learning. These MOOC courses are definitely becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in education. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World articulates the current state of e-learning and open education resources (OER) in general. This 2015 Routledge book discusses quite a few critical advancements in MOOC courses. This informative new book also articulates open education resources (OER) and online education topics. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #9. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #11 by Sanjaya Mishra, and Asha Kanwar which is titled “Quality Assurance for Open Educational Resources: What’s the Difference?”. For more details about this Routledge Chapman & Hall book please go to this open education website.
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