MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge Chapman & Hall.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a thought-provoking and promising edited collection about massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). Digital e-learning technology has quickly advanced in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach students in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the World Wide Web makes possible powerful forms of communication and interaction which are essential for digital learning technology. There are few trends in elearning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. We can no longer cover these MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on prerecorded video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side effort to meet recent increases in the demand for e-learning and e-learning. Massively open online courses are obviously becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in distance learning. MOOCs and Open Education talks about opportunities in distance learning online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This book analyzes numerous significant changes in massive online courses (MOOC). This thought-provoking new book also researches open educational resources (OER) and online education subjects. This book includes Forward #2 which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki. 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. This book includes Chapter #7 which is titled “Strange Bedfellows?!: What can MOOCs learn from Distance Education?”. The fourth part of this book includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. For more information about this edited collection please visit this elearning website.
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