MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 pages. Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a dramatic and promising book relating to massive open online courses and open education resources (OERs). Online learning has quickly expanded in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach learners in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the information superhighway makes available forms of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning. There are not many trends in distance learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It is now impossible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massively open online courses are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are an answer to dramatic increases in the demand for e-learning and education. These massive online courses are certainly a powerful change agent influencing digital learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World analyzes opportunities in digital education technology online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This 2015 edited collection considers several substantial evolvements in massively online courses (MOOC). This impressive book also talks about open educational resources (OER) and online education issues. This book includes Forward #2. The first part of this book includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head which is titled “The Single Canon: MOOCs and Academic Colonization”. The second part of this book includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. This book includes Chapter #8 which is titled “MOOCs Downunder: Insights from the Open2Study”. This book 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 edited collection go to this book about massive open online courses website.
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