MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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 a compelling and promising new edited collection relevant to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OER). Digital learning has swiftly progressed in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach students in nations all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological influence of the information superhighway offers potent forms of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are not too many trends in online education technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of massively open online courses. It has become impossible to cover MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massively open online courses are based on video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are an answer to recent increases in the demand for teaching and distance learning. These MOOCs are certainly becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in digital education technology. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World investigates the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual researchers academics, universities, and societies. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book deals with dozens of far-reaching advances in massively online courses (MOOC). This impressive book also discusses open education and online education issues. This book includes Forward #2. The first part of this book includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki. For more information please see this best books about education website.
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