MOOCs offered by Universidade Aberta are designed around the four main pillars of UAb.pt’s virtual pedagogical model: learner-centeredness, flexibility, interaction and digital inclusion. They combine autonomous and self-directed learning with a strong social dimension and they articulate the flexibility that distance online learners need with the pacing necessary to help them get things done. iMOOC. More...
Unidad MOOC
La Unidad MOOC es la responsable de crear en la comunidad universitaria un entorno ágil (en el diseño y contenido de los cursos), internacional (en inglés y en español) y orientado a la demanda de formación que genera la sociedad. More...
Final call for abstracts on MOOCs for skill development and employability
Authors now have a second (and final) chance to submit an abstract for the upcoming workshop Can MOOCs save Europe's unemployed youth?
Startup Europe's MOOCS for Web Talent Network will address this question at a full-day workshop in at the EC TEL 2014 conference in September. The workshop will also examine the initial findings of the network's research and critically examine the assumptions behind its activities. MOOCs workshop. More...
Characteristics of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): A Research Review, 2009 - 2012
Three key characteristics are revealed: varied definitions of openness, barriers to persistence, and a distinct structure that takes the form as one of two pedagogical approaches. The concept of openness shifts among different MOOCs, models, researchers, and facilitators. The high dropout rates show that the barriers to learning are a significant challenge. Research has focused on engagement, motivation, and presence to mitigate risks of learner isolation. Characteristics-massive-online-courses-MOOCs.pdf. More...
An educator’s favorite MOOCs
By Kelly Maher. MOOCs are open access online courses that allow limitless participation. Anyone who has an internet connection and a will to learn is welcome. More...
New edX MOOC portal to empower women
MOOCs Are No Longer A Cultural Export Of The West
By Jessica Leber. From China to Saudi Arabia, nations are translating, adapting, and creating MOOCs to fit their own unique needs.
At a recent event at the United Nations about education accessibility in the developing world, Anant Agarwal, CEO of the open-source online-learning platform edX and a former MIT computer scientist, heard one word too much for his liking.
“The most-used word was ‘hegemony.’ MOOCs are criticized: Is this U.S. hegemony in action?” he says. More...