MOOCs, High Technology, and Higher Learning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook MOOCs, High Technology, and Higher Learning write by Robert A. Rhoads. This book was released on 2015-10-30. MOOCs, High Technology, and Higher Learning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers a clear-eyed perspective on the potential and peril of this new form of education.
To MOOC or Not to MOOC
To MOOC or Not to MOOC - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook To MOOC or Not to MOOC write by Sarah Porter. This book was released on 2015-05-23. To MOOC or Not to MOOC available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 managed and led, and discusses issues such as quality assurance, governance and partnerships. Chapters draw together and analyse the data and draw out advice for institutions, to help them make choices about how to respond to MOOCs and other high-impact changes in digital education. The book contains checklists and planning tools to support strategy and planning, and concludes with a future look at MOOCs exploring some of the possible trends that may impact upon higher education, such as business models, data and analytics, learning design and competitors in the MOOC marketplace. - Aimed at higher educational professionals who are interested in the strategic importance and potential of online learning - Written from an understanding of the strategic context for senior managers in universities - Focus upon a major trend in technology and education illustrated by concrete examples of real practice in institutions - Implement case studies to draw out conclusions not only about online learning but also decision-making and innovation
Getting the Most Out of MOOC
Getting the Most Out of MOOC - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Getting the Most Out of MOOC write by Rita Lorraine Hubbard. This book was released on 2014-12-15. Getting the Most Out of MOOC available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Alternative education models are becoming increasingly popular with students who may not be able to afford the high tuitions of traditional brick-and-mortar schools or commit to their rigid schedules. Requiring only an Internet connection and minimal software, Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, are amongst the most accessible distance learning programs. They often offer free enrollment and a wide range of courses from top schools across the globe to students in even the remotest of areas. This volume evaluates the pros and cons of MOOCs in relation to traditional education and the exciting possibilities they open for students of all ages.
MOOCs
MOOCs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook MOOCs write by Michael Nanfito. This book was released on 2013-12-14. MOOCs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 2012, according to the media, was The Year of the MOOC. Massive Open Online Courses were declared to be a revolution in college education. The flow of media coverage hyped MOOCs as either the salvation of a beleaguered educational system or the corrosive agent that would dilute it beyond recognition and value. At the same time, venture funding poured into the coffers of education technology companies intent on cashing in on the newly disrupted higher education market. That investment is reshaping the development of learning and content delivery platforms being marketed to your campus, your faculty, and your students. And rapidly forming partnerships between for-profit firms and universities are providing technology vendors with a powerful vehicle for selling to higher education and inserting themselves into the dialogue about the future of educational content and delivery. But college and university administrators do not have to sit passively by, waiting for the MOOC wave to wash over them. There are still seats at the table for those intent on guiding higher education into the future. Campus leaders would do well to shoulder their way in now, rather than wait for an invitation to help shape that future. MOOCs: Opportunities, Impacts, and Challenges, being a survey of the issues and opportunities associated with Massive Open Online Courses, is an invaluable guide to those responsible for their institution's mission. Armed with the information in this book, you will be able to sort out the substance from the hype in the roiling MOOC debate, and effectively fold the future into the strategic mission of your campus.
Technology and the Disruption of Higher Education
Technology and the Disruption of Higher Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Technology and the Disruption of Higher Education write by Henry C. Lucas. This book was released on 2016-07-12. Technology and the Disruption of Higher Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Universities for years have been the bright spot in our educational system. Today, these institutions are under siege from multiple constituencies including students, parents, legislators, government officials and their own faculties. Education has historically been a way for students to improve their lives and fortunes. However, the rising costs of college are a barrier to access for many students, reducing their chances for upward mobility.Is technology the solution, or is it just another costly problem for universities? The purpose of this book is to explore how new technology has the potential to transform higher education. However, this same technology also has the potential to disrupt universities. Much depends on how administrators, faculty and students apply technologically enhanced learning.Technology and the Disruption of Higher Education presents details on MOOCs, blended, flipped and online classes and their role in transforming higher education based on the author's experiences teaching all of these types of courses. These technology-enabled approaches to teaching and learning offer tremendous opportunities to schools, but they also threaten the traditional university. The book identifies some of these threats and opportunities and offers suggested strategies to take advantage of the technology.Is this technology enough to save the university system? While new ways of teaching and learning are exciting, they are only part of the puzzle. Radical change beyond what happens in the classroom is needed if our higher education system is to continue to flourish and some of these ideas are discussed in the last chapter of the book. The book is a call to action for educators to realize that the technology is both transformational and disruptive, and that some universities are going to fail in the next 15 years.
