To MOOC or not to MOOC : how can online learning help to build the future of higher education?

To MOOC or not to MOOC how can online learning help to build the future of higher education?

Scarcely a week goes by without coverage in the UK and international media about the latest MOOC revelation. Despite some significant initiatives in the dotcom era, online learning has somehow never delivered on its promise to revolutionize education. To MOOC or not to MOOC explores the history of M...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Porter, Sarah, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waltham, MA : Chandos Publishing [2015]
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Chandos information professional series.
Materias:
MOOCs (Web-based instruction)
Education, Higher > Computer-assisted instruction.
Open learning.
Distance education.
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Sumario:Scarcely a week goes by without coverage in the UK and international media about the latest MOOC revelation. Despite some significant initiatives in the dotcom era, online learning has somehow never delivered on its promise to revolutionize education. To MOOC or not to MOOC explores the history of MOOCs and analyses the current MOOC context by describing six institutions and the story of their engagement with MOOCs. Looking at each of the different type of institution in turn, it analyses the processes behind their decision to engage with online learning and MOOCs, how the MOOC project is man
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 137 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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