MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 pages.
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 a dramatic and promising new edited collection relating to massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). E-learning has rapidly improved in terms of interactivity and the capacity to reach people in all parts of the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological influence of the World Wide Web allows potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for elearning. There are scarcely any trends in elearning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massive open online courses. It is no longer possible to cover these massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOCs. Some massively open online courses are based on recorded video conversations plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some massively open online courses are a supply-side answer to global increases in the demand for indoctrination and online learning. These MOOC classes are unquestionably a meaningful change agent influencing technology-enhanced learning today. MOOCs and Open Education addresses opportunities in elearning online learning services, virtual learning activities and digital learning materials which are growing rapidly. This 2015 Routledge edited collection reviews dozens of important trends in MOOCs. This authoritative new book also examines open education and online education topics. 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 which is titled “The MOOC Misstep and the Open Education Infrastructure”. To learn more please see this best books about education website.
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