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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 distance education have forced organizations to deal with concerns which include learner motivation, innovative assessment, quality standards, credentialing, accreditation, student attrition, and many other issues. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge, MOOCs and Open Education Around the World explains various implementations open education, distance learning and MOOCs. This MOOC book also discusses the potential hazards and educational improvements that are made possible by these new forms of online education. Amongst the many issues which need to be addressed are student-teacher interaction, various assessment strategies, and content delivery platforms. What are the different business plans of governments and other institutions which offer MOOCs today? 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: Books about MOOCs.

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Open education trends: Book - The World Is Open. Great stuff for any educator with an open mind.
The world of open education: So much is available for educators today! Free e-books and related e-book lists.
Open Education articles and best practices: Stepping Into Life Change: A New Measure of the Impact of MOOCs and Open Education.
MOOCs and open education book: This book includes a chapter on MOOCs and Open Education: Historical and Critical Reflections.
Interactive online classes and MOOCs: Online courses from MITx, HarvardX, BerkeleyX, UTx and many other universities can be taken here.
MOOCs Directory: 2015: New Book on MOOCs
The New Generation of Massive Open Online Course (MOOCS): This study examines the rapid shift and evolution in online education by Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC).
MOOCs Stir Up Controversy: Experts are divided on whether massive open online courses will improve or destroy higher education.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World: Forewords, Preface, and Acknowledgements.
The Open Education Consortium: Open Education seeks to scale educational opportunities by taking advantage of the power of the internet.

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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: Utah's Open Educational Resources.
What is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)?: A massive open online course (MOOC) is a model for delivering learning content online with no limit on attendance.
MOOCs and open education: MOOCs and Open Education book.
MOOCs books blog post by Curt Bonk: Twenty Thoughts on the Types, Targets, and Intents of MOOCs.
MOOCs and Open Education around the World: Recapping the Past Year, Mapping the Road Ahead: This panel is a follow-up to the full day preconference symposium on MOOCs and Open Education around the World from E-learn 2013.
Curt Bonk's videos and MOOCs Books: What are MOOCs? The Design and Delivery of Flexible, Open, Online, and Massive Courses.
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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Open education and alternative learning routes: Latest news in learning technology and open education.
Experiment in Open Educational Resources: In education, we are now seeing open source software, open access journals, and open educational resources.