MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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 an exceptional and promising new book related to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources. Online education has swiftly expanded in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach humans in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the information superhighway provides potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for electronic education technology. There are not too many trends in digital e-learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOC classes are based on video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are a supply-side effort to respond to global increases in the demand for erudition and digital learning. These MOOCs are certainly becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in digital education technology. MOOCs and Open Education examines the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual scientists academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge edited collection studies many important evolvements in massively open courses (MOOC). This scholarly new book also explores open educational resources (OER) and online education topics. 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 includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. This book includes Chapter #4 by Gerard L. Hanley which is titled “MOOCs, MERLOT, and Open Educational Services”. For more information about this edited collection please visit this elearning website.
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