MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Published by Routledge Chapman & Hall (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 a fine and promising book pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OER). Electronic education technology has rapidly improved in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach students in every nation on earth since the emergence of the Internet. The transformative technological influence of the World Wide Web makes available potent types of communication and interaction which are essential for education. There are not many trends in e-learning technology over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these MOOCs. It is no longer possible to cover these MOOC classes with one definition because there are many different categories of MOOC classes. Some MOOCs are based on recorded video discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOC classes are an answer to dramatic increases in the demand for training and distance learning. These online MOOCs are noticeably becoming a powerful catalyst for innovations in blended learning technology. MOOCs and Open Education describes the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This book examines quite a few substantial historical trends in massive online courses (MOOC). This interesting new book also talks about open education resources (OER) and online education topics. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. This book includes Chapter #2 which is titled “The Single Canon: MOOCs and Academic Colonization”. For more details see this open educational book website.
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