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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a fine and promising new book pertaining to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OERs). Blended learning has swiftly developed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach participants in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the World Wide Web offers practicable forms of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are hardly any trends in elearning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. It is now impossible to cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOC classes are based on recorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are a supply-side answer to global increases in the demand for erudition and training. These MOOC courses are definitely a meaningful change agent influencing electronic education technology today.

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World addresses the current state of online education and open education resources in general. This Routledge book reviews quite a few significant improvements in MOOC courses. This definitive new book also investigates open education resources (OERs) and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes a preface. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and 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 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. For more info about this book please go to this book about massive open online courses website.

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