MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is an appealing and promising new edited collection relevant to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OERs). distance learning has rapidly advanced in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the information superhighway provides types of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are few trends in digital education technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. It is no longer possible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massive open online courses are based on video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an effort to respond to recent increases in the demand for tutoring and digital learning. These online MOOC courses are unmistakably a significant change agent influencing e-learning today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World considers the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 book describes quite a few notable developments in massively open online courses (MOOC). This dramatic new book also explores education resources and online education issues. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds which is titled “Actions Leading to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World”. This book includes Chapter #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4 which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. This book includes Chapter #7 which is titled “Strange Bedfellows?!: What can MOOCs learn from Distance Education?”. The fourth part of this book is about “Thoughts on the Quality of MOOCs and OER” and includes Chapter #10 by Karen Swan, Scott Day, Leonard Bogle, and Traci van Prooyen. For more info about this book please visit this educational research website.
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