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Online learning courses have notoriously low completion rates. An informal study by Ph.D. candidate Katy Jordan found that average completion for massive open online courses, commonly known as MOOCs, is about 7%. While MOOCs have been touted as a catalyst for change in higher education in particular, the coming revolution may have been overstated with completion rates this low.
The number of active MOOCs in Europe has more than tripled since the beginning of 2013. The MOOCs scorecard measures the number of MOOCs from each European country, what subjects they cover, and the rate of growth compared to the rest of the world.
Distance Learning is well known concept but still hasn't reached its full potential. This post by ExamTime explores what distance learning still has to offer us.
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MOOCs—massive open online courses—have shaken up the higher education world in the past few years. Read all about this trend.
To realize the potential and promise of online learning (and MOOCs), colleges and universities must be aware of the pitfalls while taking full advantage of the wonderful, if problematic, opportunities provided by ingenuity and technological prowess.
MOOCs face a storm of opposition that underestimates their challenge to traditional education. Given their popularity, why are there so many myths about MOOCs floating around? Debunking the myths about MOOCs leaves us free to challenge our assumptions — and our imaginative possibilities — by questioning the seeming inevitability of educational orthodoxy.
Short, engaging video about MOOCs and the connected age. Great for introducing the concept of MOOCs.
Harvard, one of the world’s most influential universities, is moving on to Spocs – which stands for small private online courses. Nothing to do with Star Trek and sombre Vulcans, but plenty to do with ambitions “to boldly go”.
Big employers are helping to design and fund the latest round of low-cost online courses, a development that providers say will open the door for students to earn inexpensive credentials with real value in the job market.
There are things to be said about MOOCs that are somewhat new — or at least significant — to education and educational research: "massive" participation.
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