Innovations in Online Education Through MOOCs: What Instructional Designers Need to Know

• In Event: SICET - MOOC Design and Pedagogical Change

Short Description

As Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) continue to play an extensive role in online education, whether hosting start-up courses for signature programs or transforming MOOCs into credit-bearing courses, offering MOOCs has become one of the priority goals in higher education. But, how can instructional designers help their institutions in MOOCing along? The focus of this paper is to offer first hand development experiences and discuss what needs to be considered for making a good MOOC.

Authors

• Huei-Lien Chen, Colorado State University

• Szu-Yueh Justine Chien, UGA