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MOOCs and Open Education is an appealing and promising edited collection pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OER). Online learning technology has rapidly advanced in terms of interactivity and the ability to reach people all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the Internet provides potent forms of communication and interaction which are essential for education. There are hardly any trends in online learning technology over the past half-century that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. We can no longer cover these MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some MOOC courses are based on recorded video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side effort to meet decades-long increases in the demand for schooling and online learning. These massive open online courses are unquestionably a significant change agent influencing distance learning today. MOOCs and Open Education examines the basis for understanding the unprecedented educational opportunities available to individual scientists academics, universities, and societies. This 2015 Routledge book analyzes dozens of crucial trends in massively open online courses (MOOC). This interesting book also talks about open educational resources (OERs) and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes a preface by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds which is titled “Actions Leading to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World”. The first part of this book includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head which is titled “The Single Canon: MOOCs and Academic Colonization”. For more info please go to this best books about education website.

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