MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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 fine and promising edited collection about massively open online courses and open educational resources. Electronic education technology has swiftly evolved in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach students all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the World Wide Web offers kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning. There are scarcely any trends in digital e-learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It is no longer possible to cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massive open online courses are based on video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are a response to dramatic increases in the demand for tutoring and learning. Massively open online courses are undoubtedly a meaningful change agent influencing digital learning today. MOOCs and Open Education deals with the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual professors academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge edited collection addresses dozens of substantial developments in MOOCs. This exciting new book also talks about open education and online education issues. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. 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 is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown. For more info about this 2015 Routledge edited collection visit this open educational resources website.
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