MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published: July 1, 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 a fine and promising new edited collection relevant to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources. Digital education technology has rapidly expanded in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach humans in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the World Wide Web provides kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for online learning technology. There are not too many trends in digital elearning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. We can no longer cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOC classes are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are an answer to recent increases in the demand for edification and learning. These massively open online courses are without question becoming a relevant catalyst for innovations in blended learning. MOOCs and Open Education examines the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual corporate trainers academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 edited collection discusses a lot of meaningful gains in massively open courses (MOOC). This appealing new book also considers educational resources and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. To learn more please see this open education book website.
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