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... Whatever obstacles lie ahead, one thing is clear: with more than 25 million people having enrolled in MOOCs since 2012, and interest in them continuing to soar, this is a space we should all be watching. Coursera’s impressive success in expanding its user base in Latin America underscores the power of having local partners and the imperative of making courses relevant locally. 
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... In this position paper, the authors explore possible business models for courses, along with their advantages and disadvantages, by conducting a literature study and applying personal insights gained from attending various MOOC discussion fora. Some business models discussed here are: ...
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A team of seven researchers undertook an examination of participants in a Penn State MOOC, "Creativity, Innovation and Change," which was delivered onCoursera and drew 200,000 people from 190 countries in 2013 and 2014. Volunteers in the course were asked to fill out a pre-course survey online to provide demographic information and designate their learning preferences: Did they prefer to be part of a group that used asynchronous text posts, synchronous text chats, or synchronous video and audio as their primary channels for communication? ...
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... The company — founded by Stanford professor and onetime Google VP Sebastian Thrun — has repositioned its focus from massive open online courses (MOOCs) to certification training on very specific skills. Students can earn what's called a nanodegree and learn things like front-end web developing, iOS and Android programming, or machine learning in less than a year — and for less than $1,000... http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc#
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...The goal of this paper is to address a number of gaps in the scholarly understanding of MOOCs and present a comprehensive picture of the literature by examining the geographic distribution, publication outlets, citations, data collection and analysis methods, and research strands of empirical research focusing on MOOCs. We tackle this goal by reviewing relevant literature and situating this study in the context of prior literature; presenting our research questions and describing the methods used to collect data; describing the data analysis methods used to answer each research question; and presenting our results. We conclude by discussing findings and making recommendations for researchers studying MOOC-related topics.
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Europe is characterised by diversity and as such MOOC provision should account for diverse languages, cultures, settings, pedagogies and technologies. In this peer reviewed report the 31 papers demonstrate that Europe is re-engineering the generic MOOC model to allow for a broad spectrum of approaches and contexts...
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While the first MOOCs were connectivist in their approach to learning, later versions have expanded to include instructivist structures and structures that blend both theories. From an instructional design standpoint the differences are important. This paper will examine how to analyze the goals of any proposed MOOC to determine what the epistemological focus should be. This will lead to a discussion of types of communication needed...
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Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are underestimated when it comes to providing formal training and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for businesses...
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... A popular conversation in higher education is in the opportunities provided by Open Educational Resources (OER) and the prospect for educators and students to access open educational learning materials, open licensing and open sourcing to support classroom learning. But if OER is such a game changer, why hasn’t its adoption been central to every classroom and every campus? ...
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The video contain suggestion on how to engage and keep your learners active in your MOOC. It is by Linda Hegarty and part of the Moocs4all: Building MOOCs on a Budget free online course
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... Although we have learned much about what happens inside such courses less is known about the echoes that spread outside the course walls. Questions remain as to what stories are being told, and by whom, about MOOCs through social media. A gap in the literature exists around what people are saying about MOOCs in Twitter for example. This is an important topic to address because any comprehensive evaluation of the impact of MOOCs should incorporate an evidence base inclusive of informal networks such as social media that draws on the testimony of all MOOC stakeholders including the learners, teachers, researchers, institutions and platform providers...
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... While the power of technology to improve learning is well understood, the spectre of failure that comes from innovating, including deep technology adoption, sits heavy on the shoulders of universities who are acutely aware of what it would mean to fail...
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UC San Diego is launching the first major online course that prominently features massive open online research (MOOR). In “Bioinformatics Algorithms [...] “All students who sign up for the course will be given an opportunity to work on specific research projects under the leadership of prominent bioinformatics scientists from different countries, who have agreed to interact and mentor their respective teams....
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... OERs not only get you added information but makes learning better by introducing better resources on concepts. Students, teachers and institutions; all get choices from various resources and can use the ones that are apt for their learning and teaching method. Few benefits of OERs for faculty and students: ...
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... We interviewed nearly 100 online MOOC students to better understand how they make sense of their learning experiences. For me, the most important take away was the changing notion of what it means to be a participant in a course...
elearning at eCampus ULg's curator insight,
July 4, 2016 2:48 AM
Rare are the research that focus on students when it comes to MOOCs, . Really interesting piece here
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... These brand new courses have been designed to include latest research, current technologies and contemporary approaches to learning design.Microsoft now offers more than 35 online courses, both MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and professional education courses, on edX.org.
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The effort to replace textbooks with open educational resources (OER) is gaining momentum as colleges move past pilots to expand the use of free or inexpensive course materials across states and systems...
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...So yes, let’s develop OER and pursue personalized learning. But let’s also accept the fact that a solid education depends on a blueprint for how all the pieces go together—across all subjects and grades....
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June 17, 2016 6:54 AM
Blended, inverted blended, could not agree more ...
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...Coursera is planning to terminate access to its old platform on June 30, which will remove access to more than 450 courses hosted there, according to an email from the company. Coursera also said in a statement that the majority of the courses will transfer to the new platform ...
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... Their team is focused on a student-centric approach to tear down the typical semester, four-year degree, mid-term tests, goals and achievements normally found in colleges and universities. They are piloting programs to offer personalized experiences based on data collected from each student, which will enable him/her to move at his/her own pace while in school. The data analysis also helps the schools better understand what’s working and what’s not...
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... Vocational training is just one thin layer of education. For edutech to be worthy of its name - and for everything to truly change - MOOC platforms need to make every mind as expansive as the world wide web.
elearning at eCampus ULg's curator insight,
June 6, 2016 3:38 AM
It is more than Black or white, all in the shades of grey
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OER World Map shares information on behalf of the worldwide OER community, using local knowledge to describe the OER ecosystem.
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Cet article vise à montrer dans quelles conditions et par quels moyens les cours en ligne (MOOC, REL, SPOC…) sont une bonne solution (parmi d’autres) pour proposer des pédagogies actives, différenciées ET collectives dans le secondaire...
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Two major UK universities are to offer massive open online courses – or Moocs – which for the first time will earn credits that count towards a final degree, it has been announced. In what is being billed as an important step towards widening access to higher education, students will be able to take part of a degree through an online course and gain formal accreditation towards their final qualification...
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... 20 MOOCs will be selected out of all the proposals that are sent in. To participate (= sending in your MOOC proposal), you only need to provide the usual contact information, a short MOOC description, your community of interested learners (for promotional purposes), and the languages you will use.
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