MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published: July 1, 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 exciting and promising book relating to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OERs). Digital learning technology has quickly expanded in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach participants all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway offers powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for online learning. There are not many trends in online education technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these massively open online courses. It is now impossible to cover massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOC classes are based on video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an effort to respond to global increases in the demand for tutoring and blended learning. Massively open online courses are incontestably a meaningful change agent influencing digital learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World studies the potential of learning technology to provide access to new opportunities. This edited collection describes numerous substantial improvements in MOOC classes. This fascinating new book also addresses open education resources and online education subjects. 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”. This book includes Chapter #5 which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. To find out more about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection please see this open education resource website.
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