MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 Around the World is an engaging and promising book relating to massive open online courses and open education resources (OERs). Blended learning has swiftly evolved in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach learners in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the Internet makes possible forms of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning. There are scarcely any trends in digital learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover these MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massively open online courses are based on recorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are an answer to increases in the demand for schooling and blended learning. These MOOC courses are noticeably a powerful change agent influencing digital learning today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World describes the current state of distance learning technology and open educational resources (OERs) in general. This 2015 edited collection addresses dozens of notable improvements in MOOC courses. This illuminating new book also deals with education resources and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder. This book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley. 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”. For more details about this edited collection please visit this books about open education website.
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