DocumentCode
2164665
Title
A cycle of online education ecstasy/agony: To MOOC or not to MOOC
Author
Chih-Hsiung Tu ; McIsaac, Marina ; Doyle, Robert ; Aydin, Hakan ; Ozkul, Ali Ekrem
Author_Institution
Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, AZ, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
1-4 Oct. 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
10
Abstract
MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course, which is catching a lot of attention in higher educations. This attention particularly is popularized by mass media on the comments from innovative, disruptive, educational evolution, come the revolution, the campus tsunami, faducation, False promise, to hype, shallow, McDonaldization of global higher education. What do MOOCs mean to higher education? Should we offer MOOCs? What are the critical instructional designs for MOOCs?
Keywords
Internet; computer aided instruction; distance learning; educational courses; further education; MOOC; global higher education; instructional designs; massive open online course; online education; Complexity theory; Conferences; Councils; Educational institutions; Media; Connectivism; Emerging Learning; MOOCs; Online Learning; Open Educational Resources (OERs); Personal Learning Environment (PLE);
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Educational Media (ICEM), 2013 IEEE 63rd Annual Conference International Council for
Conference_Location
Singapore
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CICEM.2013.6820221
Filename
6820221
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