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 Around the World is an informative and promising new book having to do with massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OERs). Digital education technology has swiftly progressed in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach students in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway makes available powerful types of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning. There are hardly any trends in distance learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these massive open online courses. It has become impossible to cover MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some massively open online courses are based on video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are a supply-side effort to respond to dramatic increases in the demand for schooling and online learning. These massive open online courses are decidedly a meaningful change agent influencing distance learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World articulates the potential of online learning to provide access to new opportunities. This book investigates dozens of notable improvements in massive online courses (MOOC). This edifying new book also reviews open education resources and online education subjects. This book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. To learn more please go to this distance learning book website.
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