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 appealing and promising edited collection relevant to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources. distance learning technology has rapidly grown in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach students in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the World Wide Web offers powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning technology. There are not too many trends in elearning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It has become impossible to cover massive open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massive open online courses. Some MOOCs are based on prerecorded video seminars plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are an effort to meet global increases in the demand for elearning and e-learning. These MOOCs are unquestionably becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in elearning technology. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World deals with the current state of blended learning technology and open educational resources (OER) in general. This 2015 book reviews quite a few key historical trends in massive open online courses. This cutting-edge new book also analyzes educational resources and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2. The first part of this book includes Chapter #2. For more details visit this open educational resources book website.
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