Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, & Thomas H. Reynolds (2015). MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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MOOCs are a fairly recent development. MOOC simply denotes a Massive Open Online Course, but in the larger context, MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs) may serve as a catalyst to improve higher education. There is therefore an increasing need to document and understand how people around the world are conducting these new forms of digital learning. Everyone wants to better understand these new digital initiatives. How can online learning techniques be improved? Recent changes in online learning have forced institutions to invent new protocols to handle assessment, accreditation, quality standards, credentialing, motivating MOOC students and many other important issues. To satisfy this increasing demand for understanding, MOOCs and Open Education Around the World describes how to conduct a MOOC and other implementations of open education courses. This MOOC book also discusses the potential hazards and educational improvements that are made possible by these new forms of online education. There are many questions being asked about the interaction possibilities, assessment schemes, and delivery formats. What are the different business plans of companies and other entities offering MOOCs today including edX, MITx, Coursera, Udemy, and Udacity? What are the most controversial issues that need to be explored? This collection of MOOC articles and open education articles discusses useful research findings, practical teaching suggestions and distance learning recommendations. For more information please follow this link:
Massive Open Online Courses.
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Open Educational Resources
MOOC Sites
Open & Online Education at TU Delft: One of main developments is the creation of more than 15 MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), given for free on the edX platform, on various topics. |
MOOC Online and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education: A report provides a nice summary of some key facts and issues to do with Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). What are MOOCs?: MOOCs are personalized online courses that allow thousands of students to participate. Open educational world: Provides approaches that help the reader navigate the open educational world and allow learners to surf the coming wave of change.
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