MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 pages.
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 educative and promising new edited collection related to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OERs). Online education has quickly improved in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach participants in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the information superhighway offers powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning technology. There are not too many trends in digital learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC courses. It is now impossible to cover massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on recorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are a response to increases in the demand for indoctrination and e-learning. MOOCs are unquestionably a meaningful change agent influencing education today. MOOCs and Open Education analyzes opportunities in electronic educational technology online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This 2015 Routledge book reviews several noteworthy advancements in massive open online courses. This significant new book also considers open education and online education topics. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. The first part of this book is about “MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections” and includes Chapter #2 which is titled “The Single Canon: MOOCs and Academic Colonization”. The second part of this book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #6 which is titled “Open Education at the University of Cape Town”. For more info about this Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection please see this book about massive open online courses website.
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