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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is an interesting and promising edited collection related to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OERs). Digital e-learning technology has swiftly progressed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach participants all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the Internet offers practicable kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning technology. There are few trends in education over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It is now impossible to cover MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some MOOC classes are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side response to decades-long increases in the demand for elearning and e-learning. These MOOC courses are obviously becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in blended learning. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World investigates the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual higher education instructors academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 edited collection deals with dozens of notable advances in massively open online courses (MOOCs). This book also studies educational resources and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. For more info see this elearning website.

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