What is a MOOC? Amazon Routledge Open World
MOOCs Book
Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, & Thomas H. Reynolds (2015). MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.

Learn more about MOOCs and Open Education Around the World

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. 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 important issues that need to be resolved? This book explains the current and future state of open education trends and issues related to MOOCs. This distance-learning book shares new research findings and provides practical suggestions. For more information please follow this link: Books about MOOCs.

Find out more about MOOCs and Open Education Around the World

MOOCs and Open Education Books

Open education trends: Book - The World Is Open. Great stuff for any educator with an open mind.
This book explains MOOCs and open education trends: The goal of PublicationShare is to provide interesting and relevant articles in online learning.
Open Education articles and best practices: Stepping Into Life Change: A New Measure of the Impact of MOOCs and Open Education.
Open World Books: Open Education Books by Curtis J. Bonk.
Open Education MOOC Book: Open Education Books.
ODEE Massive Open Online Courses: Massive Open Online Courses are critical in the overall mission of Ohio State.
MOOCs Stir Up Controversy: Experts are divided on whether massive open online courses will improve or destroy higher education.
Open Education Around the World: Open Education in all sectors of Education and Training.
Open Education Around the World: Open Education Around the World – A 2013 Open Education Week Summary

Book about Online Teaching

MOOCs and Open Education Book: MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections
Ten useful reports on MOOCs and online education: MOOCs, Open Educational Resources and online education.
Open Educational Resources : View open textbooks in many subject areas.
Open Educational Book Share Resources: Bookshare opens up the world of reading for people with print disabilities.
Open education book: MOOCs and Open Education Media and Public Relations links.
Moocs and Open Education Around the World book at Books-A-Million: Best new MOOCs book available at Books-A-Million.
Dr. Curtis Bonk’s News MOOCs Books!: Workshop on MOOCs, Open Education, and E-Learning.
Open education across regions and nations: Books about Open Education and MOOCs.
Open Education, and Inside Higher Education: Open education is opening up! So can you!
Open Education articles and best practices: Stepping Into Life Change: A New Measure of the Impact of MOOCs and Open Education.
Open World Books: Open Education Books by Curtis J. Bonk.