Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is an interesting and promising new edited collection having to do with massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OER). Online learning technology has rapidly developed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach participants all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the information superhighway makes possible powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are few trends in distance learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. We can no longer cover these MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some massive open online courses are based on video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are in response to increases in the demand for elearning and learning. These MOOC classes are unmistakably becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in elearning.

MOOCs and Open Education considers the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection investigates a lot of remarkable gains in MOOCs. This compelling new book also studies open education and online education subjects. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. The second part of this book includes Chapter #6 by Laura Czerniewicz, Glenda Cox, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Michelle Willmers. To learn more about this 2015 Routledge edited collection visit this e-learning website.

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