Abstract
MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course, which is catching a lot of attention in higher educations. This attention particularly is popularized by mass media on the comments from innovative, disruptive, Educational Evolution, Come the Revolution, the campus tsunami, Faducation, False promise, to hype, shallow, McDonaldization of global higher education. What does MOOC mean to higher education? Should we offer MOOCs? What are the critical instructional designs for MOOCs?
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Tu, CH., Sujo-Montes, L.E. (2015). MOOCs. In: Papa, R. (eds) Media Rich Instruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00152-4_18
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