MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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 a fascinating and promising edited collection about massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OER). Digital learning has rapidly advanced in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach students in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the information superhighway allows practicable forms of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in electronic educational technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. It is now impossible to cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an effort to respond to dramatic increases in the demand for elearning and training. Massively open online courses are undeniably becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in technology-enhanced learning. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World considers the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 edited collection considers dozens of improvements in MOOC classes. This book also examines open educational resources and online education topics. This book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. 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 is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. For more details about this Routledge book visit this books about education reform website.
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