MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge. Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is an enlightening and promising new book related to massive open online courses and open education resources (OERs). Blended learning technology has quickly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the information superhighway allows powerful types of communication and interaction which are essential for electronic educational technology. There are not many trends in distance learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. It has become impossible to cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are an effort to meet recent increases in the demand for edification and digital learning. Massively open online courses are unmistakably a meaningful change agent influencing elearning today. MOOCs and Open Education reviews the current state of learning technology and open education in general. This 2015 Routledge book talks about numerous noteworthy developments in massively open online courses (MOOCs). This significant new book also studies education resources and online education topics. The front matter of 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 which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. This book includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. This book includes Chapter #8 by Maggie Hartnett, Mark Brown, Amy Wilson which is titled “MOOCs Downunder: Insights from the Open2Study”. This book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #10. For more info about this 2015 Routledge book see this books about education website.
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