MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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 a thought-provoking and promising new book having to do with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). Online learning has rapidly developed in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach humans in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the information superhighway offers potent forms of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in distance learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It is now impossible to cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some massive open online courses are based on recorded video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are an effort to meet recent increases in the demand for erudition and online learning. These MOOCs are a meaningful change agent influencing electronic educational technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World discusses the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual mentors academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 book considers numerous far-reaching advancements in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This significant new book also examines open education and online education issues. This book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds. To find out more visit this open educational resources book website.
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