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 is an authoritative and promising book relating to massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). Learning technology has swiftly expanded in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach learners all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the information superhighway provides kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning technology. There are hardly any trends in elearning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOCs are based on recorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are in response to recent increases in the demand for erudition and distance learning. MOOC courses are plainly a powerful change agent influencing online education technology today. MOOCs and Open Education considers the current state of electronic educational technology and open educational resources in general. This 2015 Routledge edited collection describes many evolvements in massively open online courses. This engaging new book also researches educational resources and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. 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 #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. The third part of this book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #8. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #10 which is titled “AMP: A Tool for Characterizing the Pedagogical Approaches of MOOCs”. For more details about this 2015 book please see this book about massively open online courses website.
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