Beyond the language classroom: Researching MOOCs and other innovations
Kan, Qian [editor] and Bax, Stephen [editor]

PublishedJuly 2017
PeriodicalPages 1-169
PublisherResearch-publishing.net

ABSTRACT
With the rise of the internet and new communication technologies, language learning has moved beyond the classroom walls. This volume presents a range of important studies on innovative ways for learning languages outside the classroom. Chapters discuss MOOCs in the UK, Belgium, China, and Italy for studying a range of languages, research on new apps, flipped classroom modes, and approaches to informal learning in a range of international settings. In these ways, the volume offers a significant contribution to our understanding of how learning beyond the language classroom will transform language education in the decades to come.

Keywords informal language learning · innovative pedagogy · language apps · language education · language learning · MOOCs

ISSN1-908416-52-1, 978-1-908416-52-0
RefereedYes
Rights© 2017 by Editors (collective work) © 2017 by Authors (individual work) This volume is published under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives International (CC BYNC-ND) licence; individual articles may have a different licence. Under the CC BY-NC-ND licence, the volume is freely available online (https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2017.mooc2016.9781908416537) for anybody to read, download, copy, and redistribute provided that the author(s), editorial team, and publisher are properly cited. Commercial use and derivative works are, however, not permitted.
DOI10.14705/rpnet.2017.mooc2016.9781908416537
URLhttp://oro.open.ac.uk/49951/
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