MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge Chapman & Hall.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a compelling and promising new book relevant to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources. Digital education technology has swiftly progressed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach learners in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the Internet makes possible practicable types of communication and interaction which are essential for electronic educational technology. There are few trends in education over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It is now impossible to cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC classes are based on video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are a response to global increases in the demand for tutoring and elearning. MOOCs are unquestionably a relevant change agent influencing digital learning today. MOOCs and Open Education articulates the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual mentors academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge book discusses a lot of extraordinary changes in massively open online courses (MOOCs). This definitive new book also describes open educational resources (OER) and online education subjects. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. This book includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head which is titled “The Single Canon: MOOCs and Academic Colonization”. This book includes Chapter #6. For more details about this 2015 Routledge book please visit this learning theory (education) website.
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