MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 dramatic and promising new edited collection having to do with massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OER). Online learning has quickly expanded in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach learners in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the information superhighway makes available forms of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning. There are not many trends in distance learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. It is now impossible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massively open online courses are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are an answer to dramatic increases in the demand for e-learning and education. These online MOOCs are certainly a powerful change agent influencing digital learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World analyzes the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual intellectuals academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge book addresses numerous significant advances in massively online courses (MOOC). This impressive book also talks about open educational resources (OER) and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1 which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. For more info go to this learning theory (education) website.
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