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
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);
Conference_Titel :
Educational Media (ICEM), 2013 IEEE 63rd Annual Conference International Council for
Conference_Location :
Singapore
DOI :
10.1109/CICEM.2013.6820221
