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 Around the World is an engaging and promising new book having to do with massive open online courses and open educational resources. Technology-enhanced learning has quickly advanced in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the information superhighway makes available potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning. There are hardly any trends in online education over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It is now impossible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massive open online courses are based on prerecorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side answer to increases in the demand for instruction and training. These massive open courses are clearly a meaningful change agent influencing distance learning today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World reviews the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual trainers academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 book considers many important historical trends in massively online courses (MOOC). This enlightening new book also addresses open education and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. The first part of this book includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley. This book is about “Researching and Evaluating Notions of MOOCs and Openness” and includes Chapter #9 by Jeff Haywood, Amy Woodgate, and David Dewhurst which is titled “Reflections of an Early MOOC Provider: Achievements and Future Directions”. The fourth part of this book includes Chapter #12. For more information about this Routledge Chapman & Hall book please go to this open education resource website.
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