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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is an informative and promising new edited collection pertaining to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OER). Online education has swiftly developed in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the Internet provides powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for digital education technology. There are not too many trends in technology-enhanced learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. We can no longer cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOCs are based on recorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side answer to global increases in the demand for elearning and distance learning. Massively open online courses are decidedly a significant change agent influencing distance learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World explores the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This edited collection addresses dozens of big advancements in massively online courses (MOOC). This thought-provoking new book also analyzes open education resources and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. To learn more please see this distance education website.

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