MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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 an appealing and promising edited collection pertaining to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources. Digital e-learning technology has rapidly grown in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach students all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the World Wide Web provides forms of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are few trends in online learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. It is now impossible to cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC classes are based on video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are a response to global increases in the demand for training and online education. These online MOOCs are definitely a relevant change agent influencing distance learning today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World describes the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual scholars academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge edited collection discusses several remarkable improvements in MOOCs. This educative new book also explores educational resources and online education issues. This book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. This book includes Chapter #2 which is titled “The Single Canon: MOOCs and Academic Colonization”. For more details please go to this distance learning book website.
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