MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a definitive and promising new edited collection relevant to massively open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OERs). Digital education technology has rapidly grown in terms of interactivity and the capability to reach participants in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological impact of the information superhighway allows powerful forms of communication and interaction which are essential for learning technology. There are not many trends in online learning over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these massive open online courses. We can no longer cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some MOOC classes are based on recorded video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are an effort to meet dramatic increases in the demand for erudition and training. MOOCs are unmistakably becoming a meaningful catalyst for innovations in education. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World examines the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This 2015 book explores quite a few major advances in MOOC courses. This book also examines open education and online education topics. This book includes Forward #1. This book includes Chapter #1 by David Wiley which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. To find out more go to this distance education website.
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