1. MMVC15 4th annual 3-day conference August 7-9

2. MOOCs : A revolution or a failure?

4. Some numbers 400+ 2400+ 16-18 million

5. What is a MOOC?

6. Two key features (Wikipedia, 2012): 1.Open access - anyone can participate in an online course for free 2. Scalability - courses are designed to support an indefinite number of participants

7. MOOCs and Open Education Timeline

8. Major MOOC Providers

17. Why are they so popular? Only need a reliable internet connection The majority of them are free Thousands of courses available Huge variety of subjects No real requirements for anyone to attend

18. Why are they so popular? credit toward a higher education award Future economic benefit Development of personal and professional identity Enjoyment and fun experience or explore online education

19. Some scepticism delusion to believe the masses can be educated in this way high dropout rates (Stein, 2013). supposed to be reaching poor and uneducated people but not in reality (Mazoue, 2013) Risk only the IT literate individuals use them, feeling of exclusion for the others (Yuan et al., 2013)

20. Some scepticism concerns about the pedagogy and quality of current MOOC courses (Yuan et al., 2013)

21. Towards a future of openness in higher education

22. Are MOOCs a revolution or a failure? (Image c/o Md saad andalib on Flickr.)Md saad andalib

23. How to choose the right MOOC The course length and estimated weekly workload Who the instructors are – there is often a short biography of the course instructors The course syllabus The course format – will it be delivered by video, audio, written text etc? Course Schedule

24. How to choose the right MOOC Scheduled MOOC versus Self-Paced MOOC Determine the amount of time you have to devote to a course. Tangible portfolio Don’t assume there’s consistency between classes.

25. Some statistics Today, there are nearly 600 publications that reference MOOCs (Rutter, 2015) Teachers are already a big audience. A study of 11 MOOCs offered by MIT last spring found that nearly 28 percent of enrollees were former or active teachers. (Pope, 2014)

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