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 is a dramatic and promising edited collection about massive open online courses and open education resources. Digital education technology has quickly developed in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach learners all around the world since the emergence of the Internet. The life-changing technological impact of the information superhighway makes available potent forms of communication and interaction which are essential for online learning. There are not many trends in e-learning over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of massive open online courses. It is now impossible to cover massively open online courses with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some massively open online courses are based on prerecorded video lectures plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are in response to global increases in the demand for e-learning and online education. MOOC classes are plainly becoming a significant catalyst for innovations in online education. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World addresses the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This Routledge Chapman & Hall book researches quite a few advances in massively open online courses (MOOCs). This edifying new book also describes open educational resources (OER) and online education issues. The front matter of this book includes Forward #1 by George Siemens. The first part of this book includes Chapter #2 by Karen Head. To learn more please see this books about open education website.
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