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 interesting and promising new book about massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources. Digital elearning technology has rapidly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach participants in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the information superhighway makes available practicable kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning technology. There are not too many trends in blended learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these massive open online courses. We can no longer cover these massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some MOOCs are based on video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC courses are an effort to respond to global increases in the demand for teaching and learning and learning. MOOCs are unmistakably a relevant change agent influencing technology-enhanced learning today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World studies the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual academics academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge edited collection examines several key advancements in massively open courses (MOOC). This illuminating new book also talks about 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. To learn more please go to this open educational books website.
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