Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is an informative and promising edited collection relevant to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OER). Digital educational technology has rapidly improved in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach students in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the World Wide Web provides powerful types of communication and interaction which are essential for electronic education technology. There are not too many trends in distance learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these massive open online courses. It has become impossible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some MOOC courses are based on prerecorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an effort to respond to dramatic increases in the demand for e-learning and blended learning. These massive open online courses are definitely becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in electronic educational technology.

MOOCs and Open Education studies the potential of e-learning technology to provide access to new opportunities. This Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection describes numerous remarkable developments in MOOC classes. This significant new book also researches open education resources (OER) and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. This book includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki. 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”. To learn more about this Routledge book visit this e-learning website.

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