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 dramatic and promising new book relevant to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OER). E-learning has quickly progressed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach participants in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the World Wide Web provides practicable forms of communication and interaction which are essential for digital educational technology. There are not many trends in online education technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC courses. It is no longer possible to cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massive open online courses are based on prerecorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side effort to respond to increases in the demand for teaching and learning and training. MOOC courses are unmistakably becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in electronic educational technology. MOOCs and Open Education talks about the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 Routledge edited collection reviews dozens of developments in massively open online courses (MOOC). This book also investigates education resources and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. To learn more please go to this books about education website.
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