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 is an exceptional and promising book pertaining to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OER). Electronic education technology has rapidly progressed in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach learners in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway provides kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for digital educational technology. There are hardly any trends in online learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It is no longer possible to cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some MOOC courses are based on prerecorded video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are a supply-side effort to meet recent increases in the demand for teaching and learning and training. These MOOCs are decidedly a powerful change agent influencing education today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World investigates the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 Routledge edited collection talks about several notable gains in MOOC classes. This dramatic new book also explores education resources and online education topics. This book includes Forward #2 which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. This book includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head. The second part of this book includes Chapter #6. For more information about this 2015 Routledge edited collection please visit this open education website.
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