MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 pages.
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 significant and promising new book relevant to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OER). Online learning technology has swiftly evolved in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach participants in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the Internet offers potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for education. There are not too many trends in digital educational technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of MOOCs. We can no longer cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC courses are based on prerecorded video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an answer to decades-long increases in the demand for tutoring and online education. MOOC courses are surely a relevant change agent influencing digital educational technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World reviews the potential of e-learning technology to provide access to new opportunities. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book investigates many important gains in MOOCs. This illuminating new book also addresses education resources and online education topics. This book includes a preface which is titled “Actions Leading to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World”. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley. To learn more please go to this distance learning website.
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