TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haber,Jonathan
TI  - MOOCs
T2  - MIT Press essential knowledge series
SN  - 9780262322980
AV  - LB1044.87 .H27 2014eb
U1  - 371.33/44678 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - MOOCs (Web-based instruction)
KW  - Distance education
KW  - Web-based instruction
KW  - Computer-assisted instruction
KW  - Educational technology
KW  - Computer-Assisted Instruction
KW  - Educational Technology
KW  - Cours en ligne ouverts à tous
KW  - Enseignement à distance
KW  - Enseignement assisté par ordinateur
KW  - Technologie éducative
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - Administration
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Organizations & Institutions
KW  - Higher
KW  - fast
KW  - EDUCATION/General
KW  - COMPUTER SCIENCE/Human Computer Interaction
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - dissertations
KW  - aat
KW  - Academic theses
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Thèses et écrits académiques
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Series foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Where did MOOCs come from? -- What makes a MOOC? -- Issues and controversies -- A culture of experimentation -- The future of MOOCs -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Notes -- A list of MOOC providers -- Additional resources -- Index
N2  - "Everything you always wanted to know about MOOCs: an account of massive open online courses and what they might mean for the future of higher education."; "The New York Times declared 2012 to be "The Year of the MOOC" as millions of students enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs), millions of investment dollars flowed to the companies making them, and the media declared MOOCs to be earth-shaking game-changers in higher education. During the inevitable backlash that followed, critics highlighted MOOCs' high dropout rate, the low chance of earning back initial investments, and the potential for any earth-shaking game change to make things worse instead of better. In this volume in the Essential Knowledge series, Jonathan Haber offers an account of MOOCs that avoids both hype and doomsaying. Instead, he provides an engaging, straightforward explanation of a rare phenomenon: an education innovation that captures the imagination of the public while moving at the speed of an Internet startup. Haber explains the origins of MOOCs, what they consist of, the controversies surrounding them, and their possible future role in education. He proposes a new definition of MOOCs based on the culture of experimentation from which they emerged, and adds a student perspective -- missing in most MOOC discussion. Haber's unique Degree of Freedom experiment, during which he attempted to learn the equivalent of a four-year liberal arts degree in one year using only MOOCs and other forms of free education, informs his discussion. Haber urges us to avoid the fallacy of thinking that because MOOCs cannot solve all educational challenges they are not worth pursuing, and he helps us understand what MOOCs -- despite their limitations -- still offer the world. His book is required reading for anyone trying to sort out the competing claims, aspirations, and accusations that color the MOOC debate."
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