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 Around the World is a fascinating and promising edited collection related to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources. Distance learning technology has swiftly evolved in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach students all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the World Wide Web makes available powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for online education. There are not too many trends in distance learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. It is no longer possible to cover these massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some MOOCs are based on prerecorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side effort to meet recent increases in the demand for schooling and training. Massive open online courses are unmistakably a powerful change agent influencing distance learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World articulates the potential of blended learning to provide access to new opportunities. This Routledge edited collection considers a lot of major improvements in massive open online courses. This definitive new book also deals with open educational resources (OERs) and online education topics. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. This book includes Chapter #3 which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. 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. 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?”. The fourth part of this book includes Chapter #10. For more details about this 2015 Routledge edited collection visit this education books for teachers website.
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