MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by Routledge Chapman & Hall (2015).
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 pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources. Blended learning technology has swiftly improved in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach humans all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the information superhighway allows potent kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning technology. There are few trends in digital learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover these MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massive open online courses are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are in response to increases in the demand for edification and distance learning. These massive open courses are unmistakably a significant change agent influencing elearning today. MOOCs and Open Education deals with the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This Routledge edited collection researches dozens of crucial advances in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This significant new book also explores open educational resources and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. For more information see this blended learning website.
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