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 is an impressive and promising edited collection pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OERs). distance learning technology has rapidly improved in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach students in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the World Wide Web makes available powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for e-learning. There are scarcely any trends in digital 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 massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC 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 global increases in the demand for instruction and online education. These MOOCs are without question a significant change agent influencing learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World articulates the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 book researches many remarkable improvements in massively open online courses (MOOC). This authoritative new book also investigates open educational resources (OERs) and online education topics. This book includes Forward #2. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1. For more info please go to this learning theory (education) website.
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