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MOOCs and Open Education is a fine and promising edited collection about massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). Elearning has rapidly developed in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach people in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the information superhighway provides practicable kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning technology. There are scarcely any trends in technology-enhanced learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It is no longer possible to cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some massive open online courses are based on recorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are in response to increases in the demand for teaching and learning and learning. These online MOOC courses are plainly a relevant change agent influencing electronic education technology today.

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World discusses the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual corporate trainers academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge edited collection deals with dozens of noteworthy advances in massively open online courses. This illuminating new book also considers open educational resources and online education issues. 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 #1. This book includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown. For more information about this Routledge edited collection please visit this best books about education website.

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