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

MOOCs and Open Education is an exceptional and promising new edited collection relevant to massively open online courses and open educational resources. Education has quickly evolved in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach learners all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway allows practicable forms of communication and interaction which are essential for online education. There are not many trends in electronic education technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. We can no longer cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some MOOC courses are based on prerecorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an effort to respond to increases in the demand for teaching and distance learning. Massively open online courses are plainly becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in online education technology.

MOOCs and Open Education analyzes the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 book talks about several remarkable changes in MOOC classes. This interesting new book also examines open educational resources (OER) and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #1. The second part of this book includes Chapter #5 which is titled “Enabling Open Education: A Feasibility Protocol for Australian Higher Education”. For more info about this 2015 edited collection visit this open education books website.

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