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 Around the World is a thought-provoking and promising edited collection relating to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OER). Learning technology has swiftly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach learners in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway offers practicable types of communication and interaction which are essential for digital education technology. There are not too many trends in digital elearning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. It is no longer possible to cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some massive open online courses are based on prerecorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a response to increases in the demand for tutoring and learning. These online MOOC courses are surely becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in electronic education technology. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World articulates the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual teachers academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 edited collection discusses a lot of meaningful gains in massively open courses (MOOC). This fine new book also articulates open educational resources (OER) and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. This book includes Chapter #2. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #6 by Laura Czerniewicz, Glenda Cox, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Michelle Willmers which is titled “Open Education at the University of Cape Town”. 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 #12 by Fred Mulder and Darco Jansen. For more information about this 2015 Routledge book please go to this open educational book website.
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