MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published: July 1, 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 appealing and promising new edited collection pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OER). Blended learning has rapidly improved in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the information superhighway allows practicable kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are not many trends in digital learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. It has become impossible to cover MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOC courses are based on prerecorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are a supply-side answer to recent increases in the demand for tutoring and online education. These MOOC courses are clearly a significant change agent influencing online learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World deals with the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual researchers academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge book studies numerous substantial evolvements in MOOCs. This fascinating new book also addresses open educational resources and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1. For more details please go to this open education resource website.
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