MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by Routledge Chapman & Hall.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is an appealing and promising new edited collection about massive open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OER). 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 MOOCs are definitely a relevant change agent influencing distance learning today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World describes the current state of digital education technology and open educational resources in general. This Routledge book describes numerous remarkable gains in massively online courses (MOOC). This exciting new book also researches open education and online education issues. This book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. The first part of this book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley. To find out more see this distance learning book website.
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