MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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 an impressive and promising new book about massively open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources. Online learning technology has rapidly grown in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach participants all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway makes possible practicable types of communication and interaction which are essential for distance learning. There are not too many trends in online learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. We can no longer cover MOOC courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOC courses are based on recorded video workshops plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are an answer to dramatic increases in the demand for teaching and learning and distance learning. These massive open online courses are unquestionably a meaningful change agent influencing online learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education investigates the potential of distance learning technology to provide access to new opportunities. This Routledge Chapman & Hall edited collection considers many substantial advances in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This authoritative new book also addresses open educational resources (OER) and online education subjects. The front matter of this book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder. This book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley. For more information please see this blended learning website.
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