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 an enlightening and promising edited collection pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OERs). Electronic education technology has swiftly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach people in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the World Wide Web provides types of communication and interaction which are essential for digital learning. There are few trends in digital elearning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. It is no longer possible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side response to dramatic increases in the demand for edification and digital learning. These massive online courses are noticeably a meaningful change agent influencing e-learning today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World articulates the potential of learning technology to provide access to new opportunities. This 2015 Routledge edited collection examines quite a few significant trends in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This impressive new book also investigates education resources and online education topics. This book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder. To learn more please go to this open educational resources website.
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