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 a thought-provoking and promising new book relevant to massive open online courses and open education resources. Education has swiftly advanced in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach humans in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the World Wide Web offers powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for online education technology. There are hardly any trends in distance learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these massive open online courses. It is no longer possible to cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOCs are based on video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are an answer to global increases in the demand for schooling and education. These massively open online courses are clearly a relevant change agent influencing distance learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education discusses the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual academics academics, universities, and societies. This book discusses many notable advancements in massively open online courses (MOOC). This book also researches open educational resources (OERs) and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes a preface. For more info see this open educational resources website.
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