MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge Published: July 1, 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is an enlightening and promising edited collection relevant to massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). Blended learning technology has quickly evolved in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach learners all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the information superhighway allows powerful types of communication and interaction which are essential for electronic educational technology. There are not many trends in distance learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOC classes. It has become impossible to cover MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are an effort to meet recent increases in the demand for edification and digital learning. These MOOCs are unmistakably a meaningful change agent influencing elearning today. MOOCs and Open Education reviews the current state of learning technology and open education in general. This 2015 Routledge book talks about numerous noteworthy gains in massively open online courses (MOOCs). This significant new book also studies education resources and online education topics. This book includes Forward #2 by Fred Mulder which is titled “Open(ing up) Education for All...Boosted by MOOCs”. This book includes Chapter #3 by Kumiko Aoki which is titled “MOOCs and Open Education in Japan: A Case of the Open University of Japan”. For more info please see this open educational books website.
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