MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by 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 an engaging and promising new book having to do with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). Technology-enhanced learning has quickly advanced in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the information superhighway makes available potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning. There are hardly any trends in online education over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It is now impossible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massive open online courses are based on prerecorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side answer to increases in the demand for instruction and training. MOOCs are clearly becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in distance learning. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World reviews the potential of digital elearning technology to provide access to new opportunities. This book considers a lot of noteworthy trends in massively online courses (MOOC). This interesting book also explores educational resources and online education topics. This book includes Forward #1 which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. The second part of this book includes Chapter #4. To learn more about this Routledge edited collection please go to this distance learning website.
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