Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is an interesting and promising edited collection about massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). Distance learning technology has rapidly grown in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach participants all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the World Wide Web allows powerful types of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are not too many trends in distance learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of MOOC classes. We can no longer cover these MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massive open online courses are based on prerecorded video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are an answer to recent increases in the demand for training and training. These massively open online courses are without question a powerful change agent influencing electronic educational technology today. MOOCs and Open Education describes the potential of online education technology to provide access to new opportunities. This Routledge book analyzes dozens of important developments in MOOCs. This exceptional new book also deals with education resources and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens which is titled “The Role of MOOCs in the Future of Education”. The first part of this book includes Chapter #3 which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. To find out more go to this open educational resources website.

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