MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge Chapman & Hall.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a significant and promising book about massive open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OERs). Education has rapidly developed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach humans in nations all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the World Wide Web makes possible types of communication and interaction which are essential for technology-enhanced learning. There are not many trends in blended learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these massively open online courses. We can no longer cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC classes are based on recorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are an answer to recent increases in the demand for schooling and elearning. These massive open courses are a significant change agent influencing learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World explores the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual scholars academics, universities, and societies. This edited collection analyzes several extraordinary evolvements in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This book also investigates open education resources and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. For more information please see this open educational book website.
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