Massively Open

Author : Jonan Donaldson,Eliane Agra,Mohammed Alshammari,Andrew Bailey,Daniel Bowdoin,Meghan Kendle,Lauren Nixon,Lisa Wressell
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : 1482775336

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Massively Open by Jonan Donaldson,Eliane Agra,Mohammed Alshammari,Andrew Bailey,Daniel Bowdoin,Meghan Kendle,Lauren Nixon,Lisa Wressell Pdf

In one of the most rapid adoptions of an educational innovation in history, the rise of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has become a significant opportunity for millions of students from all over the world to receive quality education over the internet at no cost. At the same time it has become a source of great optimism as well as foreboding for educational professionals. The game changing potential of this innovation could change the form and system of higher education. The frustration of students who are racking up unprecedented amounts of debt for their educations is nearing a tipping point. If students can earn college credits and even degrees at no cost, the number of tuition paying students at traditional educational institutions could fall dramatically. With ever increasing levels of quality and access, MOOCs are causing us to rethink the educational system, the role of the educator and student, and the role of education in society. What the post-MOOC educational landscape will look like depends upon the choices we make today, choices which must be made through careful consideration. Massively Open is an overview of the implications of this potentially disruptive innovation.

Author : Mesquita, Anabela
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466682801

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Furthering Higher Education Possibilities through Massive Open Online Courses by Mesquita, Anabela Pdf

In recent years, technological advancements have enabled higher-learning institutions to offer millions of independent learners the opportunity to participate in open-access online courses. As this practice expands, drawing considerable media attention, questions continue to arise regarding pedagogical methodology and the long-term viability of open learning. Furthering Higher Education Possibilities through Massive Open Online Courses seeks to provide 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. Featuring emerging research on a variety of topics relating to distance education, informal learning, as well as educational costs and funding, this book is aimed at teachers, administrators, business professionals, and designers of both curricular resources and e-classroom technology.

Author : Paul Kim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317907527

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Massive Open Online Courses by Paul Kim Pdf

Are MOOCs a catalyst for reimagining education, a sign of the increased corporatization of the education sector, or merely a well-publicized but passing trend? Massive Open Online Courses shares insights from multiple stakeholders on what MOOCs are now and could eventually become, providing those in higher education as well as K-12, military, government, and corporate training with an authoritative source on a wide range of key issues surrounding MOOCs. MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, are a disruptive technology currently forcing a serious reconceptualization of accreditation, assessment, motivation and retention, technology-based instruction, and the overall student experience. In this timely volume, Paul Kim brings together experts from higher education, business, law, learning analytics and other relevant areas to provide an evenhanded, research-based positioning of MOOCs within the existing educational technology landscape and a base for understanding whether they could reshape the future of education.

Author : Rebecca Bennett,Mike Kent
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317099611

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Massive Open Online Courses and Higher Education by Rebecca Bennett,Mike Kent Pdf

Since the first MOOC was launched at the University of Manitoba in 2008, this new form of the massification of higher education has been a rollercoaster ride for the university sector. The New York Times famously declared 2012 to be the year of the MOOC. However, by 2014, the number of academic leaders who believed the model was unsustainable doubled to more than 50%. While the MOOC hype has somewhat subsided, the attitudes and anxieties of this peak time can still be seen influencing universities and their administrations. This is the first volume that addresses Massive Open Online Courses from a post-MOOC perspective. We move beyond the initial hype and revolutionary promises of the peak-MOOC period and take a sober look at what endures in an area that is still rapidly growing, albeit without the headlines. This book explores the future of the MOOC in higher education by examining what went right, what went wrong and where to next for the massification of higher education and online learning and teaching. The chapters in this collection address these questions from a wide variety of different backgrounds, methodologies and regional perspectives. They explore learner experiences, the move towards course for credit, innovative design, transformations and implications of the MOOC in turn. This book is valuable reading for students and academics interested in education, eLearning, globalisation and information services.

Author : Mendoza-Gonzalez, Ricardo
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466697447

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User-Centered Design Strategies for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) by Mendoza-Gonzalez, Ricardo Pdf

In today’s society, educational opportunities have evolved beyond the traditional classroom setting. Most universities have implemented virtual learning environments in an effort to provide more opportunities for potential or current students seeking alternative and more affordable learning solutions. User-Centered Design Strategies for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) focuses on the best practices and effective design of student interaction within virtual learning environments. Highlighting strategies from human-computer interaction experiences and user-centered models, as well as emergent approaches and implementation techniques, this reference publication is designed for computer science students, academics, researchers, instructional designers, IT professionals, software developers, and educators interested in mobile technologies, social learning, and educational inclusion.

Author : Seb Dianati
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031581847

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The Commercialisation of Massive Open Online Courses by Seb Dianati Pdf

Author : Jeremy Knox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317377962

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Posthumanism and the Massive Open Online Course by Jeremy Knox Pdf

Posthumanism and the Massive Open Online Course critiques the problematic reliance on humanism that pervades online education and the MOOC, and explores theoretical frameworks that look beyond these limitations. While MOOCs (massive open online courses) have attracted significant academic and media attention, critical analyses of their development have been rare. Following an overview of MOOCs and their corporate means of promotion, this book unravels the tendencies in research and theory that continue to adopt normative views of user access, participation, and educational space in order to offer alternatives to the dominant understandings of community and authenticity in education.

Author : Dragan Cvetković
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781839697371

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MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) by Dragan Cvetković Pdf

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are free online courses available to anyone who can sign up. MOOCs provide an affordable and flexible way to learn new skills, advance in careers, and provide quality educational experiences to a certain extent. Millions of people around the world use MOOCs for learning and their reasons are various, including career development, career change, college preparation, supplementary learning, lifelong learning, corporate e-Learning and training, and so on.

Author : McKay, Elspeth
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466683259

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Macro-Level Learning through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Strategies and Predictions for the Future by McKay, Elspeth Pdf

To some in academia, Massive Open Online Courses are a paradigm shift in online education, while others perceive them as a threat to traditional styles of pedagogy. In this regard, the time-honored model of the university lecture is seen as being a potential casualty of the rise of MOOCs. Macro-Level Learning through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Strategies and Predictions for the Future provides insight into the emerging phenomenon of MOOCs as a design manual for the course designer with a collection of chapters that deal with all facets of the MOOC debate. Industry training developers, corporate trainers, educators, post graduate students, and others will benefit from the information provided in this book.

Author : Queirós, Ricardo
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522550129

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Emerging Trends, Techniques, and Tools for Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Management by Queirós, Ricardo Pdf

In the digital age, online courses have progressed as popular modes of learning that provide interactive and collaborative learning in educational settings. The open education movement is enabled by the internet and combines the sharing of ideas, resources, and practices among all people in order to advance ideas and knowledge to a new generation of students. Massive open online courses (MOOC) provide a new way of learning for all levels of education. Emerging Trends, Techniques, and Tools for Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Management is a critical scholarly resource that addresses the difficulties and challenges in MOOC design, implementation, management, and deployment. This comprehensive and timely publication aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of e-learning and online course management while providing for further research opportunities in this dynamic field. Featuring coverage on a wide variety of topics such as gamification in e-learning, plagiarism detection programs, and language online courses, this book is a valuable resource for instructional designers, IT professionals, software developers, academicians, and education professionals seeking current research on the impact of new methodologies and frameworks used in the lifecycle of open online courses.

Author : Leonard J. Waks
Publisher : Springer
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781349852048

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The Evolution and Evaluation of Massive Open Online Courses by Leonard J. Waks Pdf

​Winner of the Outstanding Book Award (Society for Professors of Education) This book offers a re-assessment of the educational and occupational value of MOOCs based on developments since 2013. When MOOCs appeared--amidst great fanfare in 2012, leaders proclaimed an educational “revolution.” By 2013, however, dramatic failures, negative research findings, and sharp critiques ended the MOOC hype. This book examines both MOOCs and prior distance learning innovations, and offers a broad overview of their educational, economic and social effects. Chapters explore ties between MOOCs and emerging pedagogical models as well as exponentially rising tuition rates, student debt, and chronic underemployment of university graduates worldwide. It offers readers a comprehensive, up-to-the-moment guide to the MOOC phenomenon.

Author : L. Steels
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781614995937

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Music Learning with Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) by L. Steels Pdf

Massive Open Online Courses, known as MOOCs, have arisen as the logical consequence of marrying long-distance education with the web and social media. MOOCs were confidently predicted by advanced thinkers decades ago. They are undoubtedly here to stay, and provide a valuable resource for learners and teachers alike. This book focuses on music as a domain of knowledge, and has three objectives: to introduce the phenomenon of MOOCs; to present ongoing research into making MOOCs more effective and better adapted to the needs of teachers and learners; and finally to present the first steps towards 'social MOOCs’, which support the creation of learning communities in which interactions between learners go beyond correcting each other's assignments. Social MOOCs try to mimic settings for humanistic learning, such as workshops, small choirs, or groups participating in a Hackathon, in which students aided by somebody acting as a tutor learn by solving problems and helping each other. The papers in this book all discuss steps towards social MOOCs; their foundational pedagogy, platforms to create learning communities, methods for assessment and social feedback and concrete experiments. These papers are organized into five sections: background; the role of feedback; platforms for learning communities; experiences with social MOOCs; and looking backwards and looking forward. Technology is not a panacea for the enormous challenges facing today's educators and learners, but this book will be of interest to all those striving to find more effective and humane learning opportunities for a larger group of students.

Author : Martin Weller
Publisher : Ubiquity Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781909188358

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The Battle for Open by Martin Weller Pdf

With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream. This marks a moment of victory for the open education movement, but at the same time the real battle for the direction of openness begins. As with the green movement, openness now has a market value and is subject to new tensions, such as venture capitalists funding MOOC companies. This is a crucial time for determining the future direction of open education. In this volume, Martin Weller examines four key areas that have been central to the developments within open education: open access, MOOCs, open education resources and open scholarship. Exploring the tensions within these key arenas, he argues that ownership over the future direction of openness is significant to all of those with an interest in education.

Author : Pethuraja.S
Publisher : Pethuraja.S
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789351262466

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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) For Everyone by Pethuraja.S Pdf

The Book "Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) For Everyone", is the most comprehensive educational web resource book that will explore the most famous innovative educational paradigm MOOC, online learning platforms and world’s prestigious higher education institutions which are offering open online courses at free of cost. The book will also cover the short history about the term, potential benefits of participation in an open online course, and how MOOCs have been transforming/revolutionizing/disseminating the ecosystem of education using advanced technologies and innovative pedagogical techniques. This book will be useful for learners who are looking for free, open, online courses to learn the new things or would like to improve their level of knowledge on a particular subject. There are vast number of open online courses available in various topics through online learning platforms which are mentioned in this book. By participating in the free open online courses offered by various universities and institutions, learners can become expert in their favorite subject and improve the career in an efficient way. This book was written to benefit the students and lifelong learners to learn anything using free open online educational courses. Unleashing the most useful free open online course Resources: The book will explore the details of 90 online learning platforms and more than 275 higher education institutions and organizations which are participating the movement of MOOCs to offer free open online courses. The book was written to represent in-depth education web resources with 9 Chapters and 155 pages.

Author : Scott, James M.,Carter, Ralph G.,Jolliff Scott, Brandy,Lantis, Jeffrey S.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839107658

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Teaching International Relations by Scott, James M.,Carter, Ralph G.,Jolliff Scott, Brandy,Lantis, Jeffrey S. Pdf

This comprehensive guide captures important trends in international relations (IR) pedagogy, paying particular attention to innovations in active learning and student engagement for the contemporary International Relations IR classroom.