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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. 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. 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: Online Teaching Books.

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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.
Open education article: Open education From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Interactive online classes and MOOCs: Online courses from MITx, HarvardX, BerkeleyX, UTx and many other universities can be taken here.
MOOCs: Top 10 Sites for Free Education With Elite Universities: MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses.
Massive Open Online Courses: Should all university lectures automatically be recorded?
Massive Open Online Course Keeping MOOCs Open: MOOCs — or Massive Open Online Courses — have been getting a lot of attention lately.
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World -- sponpress: Routledge is pleased to offer the preface to MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
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MOOCs and Open Education: A report provides a nice summary of some key facts and issues to do with Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs).
OpenupEd is one of the largest MOOC providers for higher education.: OpenupEd is an open, non-profit partnership offering MOOCs that contribute to open up education.
Open Education: Free online open education. It puts into context not just the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) but also TED Talks.
MOOCs and Open Education: Implications for Higher Education: A better understanding of the phenomenon of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs).
Open education around the world: MOOCs and Open Education Around the World Book.
MOOCs books blog post by Curt Bonk: Twenty Thoughts on the Types, Targets, and Intents of MOOCs.
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MOOCs and Open Education Book on Taylor & Francis Group: Categories: Open & Distance Education and eLearning, Technology in Education, Teaching & Learning.
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massive open online courses (MOOCs): TEC-VARIETY helps instructors motivate online learners and increase learner retention.