MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a thought-provoking and promising new edited collection pertaining to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources. Blended learning technology has quickly evolved in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach people in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the World Wide Web offers forms of communication and interaction which are essential for digital elearning technology. There are not too many trends in digital e-learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It is now impossible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an effort to respond to dramatic increases in the demand for instruction and online learning. MOOCs are without question becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in distance learning technology. MOOCs and Open Education talks about the potential of learning technology to provide access to new opportunities. This 2015 book reviews a lot of key improvements in massively open online courses (MOOCs). This exciting new book also reviews open education resources (OERs) and online education subjects. This book includes a preface which is titled “Actions Leading to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World”. To find out more go to this e-learning website.
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