{"id":281,"date":"2013-10-24T17:35:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T17:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/?p=281"},"modified":"2016-03-15T20:32:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T20:32:32","slug":"my-short-e-book-beyond-the-mooc-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/?p=281","title":{"rendered":"My (Short) E-Book: Beyond the MOOC Hype"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MOOC_Book_jpg\"<\/a>Sebastian Thrun wasn’t wearing pants when he recorded the intro video for his first free online course. | The academics who coined the term MOOC can’t stand the style of courses that the acronym is now applied to. | People have been claiming that technology would automate eduction for decades (largely without much success). Those are just a few of the many details I learned researching a short e-book about Massive Open Online Courses. It blends stories and analysis of how free blockbuster online courses could change colleges as we know them. It’s now available on Amazon<\/a>, published by The Chronicle of Higher Education.<\/p>\n

I focus on six basic questions:<\/p>\n

* What Is a MOOC?
\n* Where Did MOOCs Come From?
\n* What Is the Business Model?
\n* Will MOOCs Change Campus Teaching?
\n* Why Do Some Educators Object to Free Courses?
\n* Do MOOCs Work?<\/p>\n

I argue that MOOCs are not just another passing fad, but the free courses have touched off a battle over what the future of higher education should look like. <\/p>\n

* Adapted Excerpt in Slate<\/em>: Should Celebrities Teach Online Courses <\/a><\/p>\n

* Excerpt in The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em>: Will MOOCs Change Campus Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n

* Interview in Education Dive<\/em>: The Future of MOOCs<\/a><\/p>\n

* Review by Sir John Daniel,<\/a> author of Mega-Schools, Technology and Teachers: “his thoughtful commentary on the frenzied phenomenon of MOOCs remains highly relevant to decision makers grappling with its implications for their institutions<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

* Blog post by Langdon Winner<\/a>: “An excellent, brief discussion of a variety of programs and projects in MOOC development currently underway. “<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sebastian Thrun wasn’t wearing pants when he recorded the intro video for his first free online course. | The academics who coined the term MOOC can’t stand the style of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions\/446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jeffyoung.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}