Jemni, M., Kinshuk & Khribi, M. K. (2017). Open Education: from OERs to MOOCs. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer (available as an e-book).
This edited collection of some seventeen chapters is a comprehensive look at the current state of play (2017) in open education resources, MOOCs and related developments. For instructional designers seeking to integrate OER into their work or to significantly improve production times and reduce costs, there are insights here worth exploring. For those more interested in policy developments, which are enabling OER and MOOCs for credit, there are some relevant chapters here too. With examples and case studies from around the world and insights from some of the gurus in the business – Stephen Downes, for example (one the creators of the first ever MOOC) – this is a valuable collection with real insights and resources.
