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"Critics say Massively Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, are over-hyped. But defenders say they are reaching people in unexpected ways ..." 
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"New innovations in higher-ed tech and practice are popping up daily in higher education's reinvention—but that doesn’t mean they have seals of approval ..."
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"Online education is readily available, but do free models truly benefit students and society? ..."
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"Higher Education in a Networked World: European Responses to U.S. MOOCs ..."
Ante Lauc's curator insight,
August 17, 2015 2:43 AM
EU and U.S. Do not know enough about love and freedom, for self-actualization. Money, greed, egocentrism, etc
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"An educational website that provides top ten lists of the best education resources, leaders, teachers and more ..."
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"What do course reviews suggest about what it takes to create a compelling online learning experience for students? ..."
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"...Organizations from across the world are already using MOOCs for different reasons. McAfee which revamped its new-recruit training strategy by “flipping the classroom” using MOOCs has reported not just quantifiable savings of time ..."
Christa Meenan's curator insight,
April 23, 2015 2:29 PM
More of a business take than education, but could still have implications for Graduate level and other advanced degrees and the economic threshold required to achieve them.
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"A Harvard-MIT effort delved into the demographics of MOOC learners, analyzed participant intent, and examined patterns that “serial MOOCers” tend to pursue ..."
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"A University College of London researcher discusses three strategies to open up MOOC content, and why going OER might help solve MOOCs' many problems ..."
Joran Le Cren's curator insight,
March 25, 2015 10:48 AM
While the opening of education materials is laudable, it is important to understand that nothing is free and designing MOOC is expansive. If I compare this to the open source software, programmers spend their time and their passion on it. Indirectly, they pay the cost of the software instead of the people who will use the software. It was very difficult to develop an open source software few years ago because programmers had to work in paid job at the same time. Now, business models exist where programmers can live on developing open source softwares. Problem #1: lack of pedagogy leads to low retention - yes and no: lack of pedagogy does not help but low retention is more due to the lack of goals of the participants. Curiosity can motivate you few weeks but not months. MOOCs are too long. Online courses shall be shorter, competency-based and driven by participant goals. Problem #2: design for several profiles and languages - sure it is important. But still, it is expansive in time and money. Well, some wikipedia-like platform can do the trick. However, while wikipedia delivers knowledge with up to no creativity, a good educational course can be highly creative. And it is harder to share freely. Take Flickr that share pictures, some are CC and others are proprietary. CC pictures have often a lower quality than proprietary pictures. Problem #3: Lack of funding leading to contracts with locked-down content - true but why platform providers and governments should pay for this? Taking the open source software world again, the companies are the ones who sponsor OSS because they have a direct advantage: they can maintain a high-quality software without R&D. Back to the educational world, ask the companies to sponsor the educational resources to participate to their employees' continuous training. Some other quotes : - "shall not require a registration" : IMO, both learners and educators benefit of the data collected during the online learning. - "it is a right for all citizens" : you can argue that citizens shall have access to content produced with public money but it is only true in one country. What about foreigners accessing content produced by this country's citizens money.
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"With information technology poised to transform degrees, students will be able to acquire credentials at a fraction of today’s costs ..."
Penrith Farms's curator insight,
March 5, 2015 4:32 PM
This article does a good job outlining the current problem with higher education in America. The colleges have a monopoly on credentials which, as the author says, allows them to raise tuition every year. The author writes about some of the alternative systems that are trying to establish themselves right now. 
Sande Woodson's curator insight,
March 6, 2015 12:55 PM
Not what we're aiming at for WJU, but interesting. What do you think??? |
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"Compilation of case studies that describe use of MOOCs as part of blended learning provides insights into new potential for massive online courses ..."
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"What you buy doesn’t always reflect what you value.
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"Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, may soon become a prominent factor in admissions decisions at selective colleges, a way for students who may not do well on traditional measures like the SAT to prove they can hack it ..."
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"Stephen's Web, the home page of Stephen Downes, with news and information on e-learning, new media, instructional technology, educational design, and related subjects ..."
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"A new report examines the experiences commonly reported by MOOC learners ..."
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"New qualitative research reveals students may know more about MOOCs than institutions think; have concerns on reliability ..."
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"Technologists and venture capitalists are betting that the data online learning generates will reshape education ..."
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Software will not eat education | Technology and Learning | InsideHigherEd - Inside Higher Ed (blog)
"When it comes to higher education, Marc Andreessen is wrong. Software will never eat higher education ..."
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"Three free online programmes, aimed at helping sixth-formers bridge the gap between school and university, are due to launch this summer ..."
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"Last May, I used this column to argue that Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are more like health clubs than hospitals: Providing free access to a gym will encourage lots of healthy, motivated people to use it and get healthier ..." Via EDTECH@UTRGV
Sandro Monteiro's curator insight,
April 21, 2015 10:40 AM
Once again the issues of motivation and autonomy are critical in successful learning models in higher education.
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"Don't even call them online courses. I suppose therefore, don't call it e-learning either or even online learning ... it is simply 'learning' ..."
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"Researchers at Brown and Columbia attempt to determine the total costs of MOOCs, and if it’s all worth it ..."
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