MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by Routledge Chapman & Hall (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is an interesting and promising new edited collection having to do with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). Online learning has quickly developed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the World Wide Web makes possible powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for online education. There are few trends in blended learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It has become impossible to cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some MOOC courses are based on prerecorded video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are a supply-side effort to respond to decades-long increases in the demand for teaching and e-learning. Massively open online courses are plainly becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in distance learning. MOOCs and Open Education describes opportunities in blended learning online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This Routledge edited collection articulates numerous crucial trends in massively online courses (MOOC). This interesting book also investigates open educational resources (OERs) and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. The first part of this book includes Chapter #3. For more details please go to this instructional design website.
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