Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is an engaging and promising new book related to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources. Electronic educational technology has swiftly advanced in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach humans all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the Internet makes available forms of communication and interaction which are essential for online education. There are hardly any trends in online learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC courses. We can no longer cover massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massive open online courses are based on prerecorded video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side effort to meet decades-long increases in the demand for instruction and elearning. These MOOCs are incontestably becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in digital elearning technology.

MOOCs and Open Education discusses the current state of elearning and open education resources (OER) in general. This Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection talks about several significant advances in massive open online courses. This fine new book also investigates educational resources and online education topics. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. 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”. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4. To learn more about this Routledge book visit this open education books website.

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