MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge Chapman & Hall (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is an appealing and promising edited collection relating to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational 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 MOOCs are surely a meaningful change agent influencing online learning today. MOOCs and Open Education talks about the potential of digital elearning technology to provide access to new opportunities. This Routledge edited collection reviews many major developments in massive online courses (MOOC). This impressive 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 which is titled “Actions Leading to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World”. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head which is titled “The Single Canon: MOOCs and Academic Colonization”. This book includes Chapter #6 by Laura Czerniewicz, Glenda Cox, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Michelle Willmers. The third part of this book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #8 by Maggie Hartnett, Mark Brown, Amy Wilson which is titled “MOOCs Downunder: Insights from the Open2Study”. The fourth part of this book includes Chapter #12 by Fred Mulder and Darco Jansen. To find out more about this 2015 edited collection see this open educational resources website.
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