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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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As massive open online courses (MOOCs) and other forms of open educational resources (OERs) proliferate, there is an increasing need to better understand how these new forms of digital learning are being implemented in different regions of the world. Teachers, students, governments and many other organizations want to understand these new forms of learning. How can MOOCs 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. MOOCs and Open Education Around the World responds to this increasing demand by documenting implementations of MOOCs and other open educational resources. This MOOC book also discusses the potential hazards and educational improvements that are made possible by these new forms of online education. Many issues are being raised about assessment schemes, interaction possibilities, and optimal delivery formats. What are the different business models of companies which are offering MOOCs today like edX, MITx, Coursera, Udemy, and Udacity? What are the major obstacles and problems that need to be dealt with? 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: Online Teaching Books.

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Fad or Future: The Advantages and Challenges of Massive Open Online Courses: Distance learning has expanded to include a growing number of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), free higher education courses which are usually open for enrollment for any Internet user.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): A Primer for University and College Board Members: The collaboration of such name-brand institutions has sparked increasingly greater interest among higher education leaders and the public in such massive open online courses or MOOCs, as they are called, and in online education in general.
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