MOOCs: Fad or Revolution? by Jon Billsberry
Over the past 12 months, MOOCs have arrived like an alien
invasion threatening to overturn centuries of tradition in education. And just
like a scene from Mars Attacks! there are supporters waving “Welcome to Earth”
banners while others are lining up the tanks. Yet there is one strange feature
of MOOCs, despite the cacophony in the corridors and at conferences; there has
been silence in the academic journals. This is simply because data are scarce
and only just becoming available, and the necessary time required for thinking,
writing, reviewing, and production.
Next year, and probably for several years after, MOOCs are
likely to dominate the pages of education journals and the Journal of
Management Education in particular. In this editorial, I want to explore the
initial hype and hyperbole about MOOCs as a way of setting the scene for the
future.
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A welcome explanation of what MOOCs are all about1
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