MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a scholarly and promising book relating to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OERs). Digital educational technology has swiftly developed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway allows forms of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in digital education technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It is now impossible to cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some MOOC classes are based on prerecorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side effort to meet recent increases in the demand for teaching and learning. These massive online courses are undoubtedly a significant change agent influencing digital e-learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World studies the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book explores a lot of key advancements in massive online courses (MOOC). This fascinating book also talks about open educational resources (OERs) and online education subjects. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. This book includes Chapter #2 which is titled “The Single Canon: MOOCs and Academic Colonization”. This book is about “Open Education Opportunities Now and On the Horizon” and includes Chapter #5 by Carina Bossu, David Bull and Mark Brown. For more information about this Routledge book please go to this learning theory (education) website.
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