"[This book] is a pivotal reference source for the latest academic research on the integration of interactive technology and mobile applications in online and distance learning environments. Highlighting scholarly perspectives across numerous topics such as wearable technology, instructional...

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have earned much attention since the beginning in 2011 and students who signed up for at least one course has crossed 35 million in 2015. Yet, there has been a lack of research conducted to study the design of learning materials and tasks of MOOCs. Moreover,...

This paper provides an overview of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and contextualizes them within the broader trends of open, informal and mobile learning. It then discuss Phonar Nation, a free, open, non-credit five-week photography course that was offered twice in 2014 using mobile media...

"This book provides international perspectives from education professors and researchers, cyberneticists, psychologists, and instructional designers on the processes and mechanisms of the global learning environment"--Provided by publisher.

The article analyzes the newly emerged term "Education 2.0" and offers its pedagogical interpretation. Considered are the basic principles of Education 2.0: subject-orientedness, excessiveness, cooperation, and conditions of their realization: the openness of education system and the...