MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is an interesting and promising new edited collection having to do with massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OERs). Online education has rapidly improved in terms of interactivity and the opportunity to reach humans all over the world since the emergence of the Internet. The transformational technological impact of the Internet provides powerful kinds of communication and interaction which are essential for blended learning technology. There are not too many trends in education over the past few decades that can match the sudden arrival of these massively open online courses. It is now impossible to cover these MOOCs with one definition because there are many different categories of massively open online courses. Some massive open online courses are based on video group discussions plus facilitated interaction or discussion forums. Some MOOCs are a supply-side answer to recent increases in the demand for schooling and training. Massive open online courses are without question a powerful change agent influencing distance learning technology today. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World talks about the depth and nature of changes which include openness, faculty professional development, quality assurance, student success, and corporate learning. This book considers many significant changes in MOOC classes. This cutting-edge new book also analyzes education resources and online education issues. This book includes Forward #2 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 visit this best books about education website.
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