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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Porter, Sarah, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waltham, MA : Chandos Publishing [2015]
Edition:1st edition
Series:Chandos information professional series.
Subjects:
MOOCs (Web-based instruction)
Education, Higher > Computer-assisted instruction.
Open learning.
Distance education.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629265806719
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Summary: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
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 137 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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