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 a thought-provoking and promising new edited collection pertaining to massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). Elearning technology has swiftly expanded in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the World Wide Web makes possible practicable forms of communication and interaction which are essential for online education. There are few trends in blended learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of massive open online courses. It has become impossible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massive open online courses are based on prerecorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are an answer to increases in the demand for indoctrination and e-learning. Massive open online courses are unmistakably becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in online learning. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World describes opportunities in online learning online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This 2015 Routledge edited collection investigates a lot of major historical trends in massive online courses (MOOC). This scholarly new book also describes open education resources (OER) and online education subjects. This book includes a preface which is titled “Actions Leading to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World”. This book includes Chapter #3 which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. The second part of this book includes Chapter #6 by Laura Czerniewicz, Glenda Cox, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Michelle Willmers which is titled “Open Education at the University of Cape Town”. To learn more about this 2015 Routledge edited collection visit this books about education website.
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