Includes bibliographical references.

MOOCs - a challenge or an opportunity: a personal view / Keld Hvam -- Redemption through MOOCs?: valuing aggregation and pricing disaggregation in higher education markets / David Starr-Glass -- The use of MOOCs in the continuing education of individuals and organisations / Antonios S. Andreatos -- MOOCs business models / Amir Manzoor -- Requirements capture analysis for MOOCS in higher education / Neil Andrew Gordon, Mike Brayshaw -- Learning theories supporting massive open online courses / Denis A. Coelho -- Learning objects in MOOC: good practice for learning objects / Ann Marcus-Quinn, Ian Clancy -- Assessment activities in massive open on-line courses: assessment activities in MOOCs / Pedro J. Mu�noz-Merino, Jos�e A. Ruip�erez-Valiente, Juan Luis Sanz Moreno, Carlos Delgado Kloos -- Using visualization to understand transformations in learning and design in MOOCs / Roy Williams, Jenny Mackness, Jutta Pauschenwein -- MOOC bullying in schools: the first experience in a Portuguese Tertiary Inst / Ana Lu�isa Torres, Nuno Bordalo Pacheco, Jo�ao Galego, Teresa Pacheco, Jos�e Mauricio Dias, Cristina Maria Novo -- Toward mobile assisted language MOOCs / Timothy Read, Elena B�arcena -- Massive online open course assisted mechatronics learning: a hybrid approach / Bo Xing.

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"This book provides a space for discussion of MOOCs: what they mean for the learning process, how they are redefining the concept of a classroom, and what effects they may have on the role of teachers, by featuring emerging research on a variety of topics relating to distance education, informal learning, as well as educational costs and funding"--Provided by publisher.

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