Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a compelling and promising new edited collection relating to massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). Online learning technology has quickly developed in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach people all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the World Wide Web makes available powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for technology-enhanced learning. There are scarcely any trends in digital e-learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. We can no longer cover massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an answer to recent increases in the demand for teaching and distance learning. MOOC courses are absolutely a powerful change agent influencing online education technology today.

MOOCs and Open Education deals with the current state of digital learning and education resources in general. This Routledge book discusses quite a few significant trends in MOOCs. This fascinating new book also deals with education resources and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #1 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. The second part of this book includes Chapter #6 by Laura Czerniewicz, Glenda Cox, Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams and Michelle Willmers. For more details about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection visit this open educational resources website.

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