Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a fine and promising edited collection pertaining to massive open online courses and open educational resources. Online education technology has swiftly progressed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach humans in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the World Wide Web offers practicable types of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are not many trends in digital elearning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC courses. It is now impossible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some MOOC classes are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are an effort to respond to dramatic increases in the demand for e-learning and online education. Massive open online courses are becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in elearning.

MOOCs and Open Education analyzes opportunities in online learning technology online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection deals with quite a few extraordinary improvements in MOOC courses. This cutting-edge new book also talks about open educational resources (OER) and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes a preface. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #6. For more information about this 2015 Routledge edited collection please go to this open educational books website.

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