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 is a definitive and promising edited collection relating to massive open online courses and open education resources (OERs). Blended learning has quickly expanded in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach people in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the Internet provides types of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are scarcely any trends in digital learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. We can no longer cover MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC courses. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massive open online courses are an effort to meet global increases in the demand for e-learning and online learning. Massively open online courses are obviously becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in digital learning. MOOCs and Open Education considers the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual trainers academics, universities, and societies. This book studies several important developments in massively online courses (MOOC). This breathtaking new book also considers open educational resources and online education topics. 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 #1 by David Wiley which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. For more information visit this learning theory (education) website.
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