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 Around the World is an educative and promising new book relating to massively open online courses and open education resources. Online education technology has rapidly progressed in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach humans all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the information superhighway offers powerful types of communication and interaction which are essential for online learning. There are not too many trends in distance learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these massive 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 classes. Some MOOCs are based on prerecorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side effort to respond to recent increases in the demand for e-learning and education. Massively open online courses are definitely a powerful change agent influencing learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World analyzes the current state of distance learning technology and open educational resources in general. This 2015 Routledge edited collection addresses dozens of meaningful gains in MOOC classes. This fascinating book also talks about open educational resources and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. To find out more please see this books about open education website.
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