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 an appealing and promising new edited collection about massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OERs). Digital educational technology has swiftly developed in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach learners in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the World Wide Web offers powerful forms of communication and interaction which are essential for blended learning technology. There are not too many trends in electronic educational technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC courses. It is now impossible to cover these massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massive open online courses are based on recorded video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are an effort to meet global increases in the demand for schooling and e-learning. These MOOCs are certainly a powerful change agent influencing education today. MOOCs and Open Education deals with the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual researchers academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book addresses dozens of noteworthy advancements in massively online courses (MOOC). This fascinating new book also articulates educational resources and online education issues. The front matter of 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”. The first part of this book 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 #6 by Laura Czerniewicz, Glenda Cox, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Michelle Willmers. For more details about this 2015 edited collection go to this distance learning website.
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