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 Around the World is an edifying and promising edited collection relevant to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OER). distance learning technology has quickly improved in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the information superhighway offers potent kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for online learning. There are not too many trends in electronic educational technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It has become impossible to cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOC courses are based on prerecorded video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are a response to recent increases in the demand for schooling and blended learning. These massively open online courses are unquestionably a relevant change agent influencing blended learning today. MOOCs and Open Education considers the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual corporate trainers academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 edited collection deals with many changes in massive online courses (MOOC). This fine new book also discusses education resources and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1. This book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and 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 #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. To learn more about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection please visit this book about open education website.
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