MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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 engaging and promising book relating to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OER). E-learning technology has quickly developed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach participants in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the Internet offers powerful types of communication and interaction which are essential for digital elearning technology. There are few trends in learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. We can no longer cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side answer to dramatic increases in the demand for teaching and blended learning. Massively open online courses are unquestionably becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in technology-enhanced learning. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World reviews the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual scientists academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge edited collection investigates a lot of important advances in massively open online courses. This new book also discusses open educational resources (OERs) and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3 which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4. For more info about this 2015 Routledge edited collection please see this distance education website.
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