Group items tagged

The emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is focusing all its attention on open education. There is growing interest in creating MOOCs, which can be done by transferring OCW courses to MOOC format

"MOOC's have attracted huge attention, and hype, for supporting massive enrollments and for being free. What has received less attention is the pedagogical aspects of MOOCs. How can MOOCs effectively teach thousands of students simultaneously?"

The paper deals with necessary requirements to implement MOOCs at European universities, by the example of Austria. As the respective general conditions and business environments are obviously different from the university system in the United States the analysis of advantages and obstacles of offering MOOCs is done from a local point of view including lecturers' and students' perspectives as well as necessary preconditions that have to be established by the universities and the government. Thereby, challenges in the fields of content creation, the supply of MOOCs, the assessment of knowledge and the development of business models are pointed out and discussed.

"By creating an event like a MOOC we are potentially radically redefining what it means to be an educator. We are very much at the beginning stages of our learning how to create the space required for community to develop and grow in an open course. These field notes speak to the my own journey in the design of 'Rhizomatic Learning - the community is the curriculum'. They are, in effect, a journey towards planned obsolescence."

This subject guide serves as a point of departure in finding information on MOOCs as well as providing further avenues for self-exploration. It is a work in progress as the contents will change as new resources are added or removed. You are encouraged to make suggestions for content to be added or removed.

How can universities and colleges take advantage of emerging online learning technologies to deliver an affordable, high-quality education to an increasingly diverse student body? This research report, which grew out of an 18-month study with the University System of Maryland, allowed us to explore how MOOCs and other online learning technologies can be incorporated into a wide range of college courses. This study included controlled side-by-side tests examining how students fared in hybrid classes, creating new evidence of the effects of these formats on learning outcomes. MOOCS "Testing MOOCS" "online learning"

If you've ever considered building your own open online class, the first step is determining which MOOC platform will best suit your needs. Luckily, several free MOOC platforms exist. The following is a review of their strengths and weaknesses and of the type of user each might be most appropriate for.