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Boyatt, Russell, Joy, Mike, Rocks, Claire and Sinclair, Jane (2013) What (use) is a MOOC? In: Learning Technology for Education in Cloud (LTEC 2013), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 9-13 Sept 2013. Published in: The 2nd international workshop on learning technology for education in cloud pp. 133-145. ISBN 9789400773073. ISSN 2213-8684. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7308-0_15

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The phenomenon of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has spread with amazing speed. Many universities in the USA and Europe are now joining up with MOOC providers to allow free access to courses. Participant numbers for an individual course may reach hundreds of thousands. Expectations are high for what these courses can achieve in terms of opening access, widening participation and cost saving. In this paper we conduct a literature review to examine what is known about MOOCs (both those following the original connectivist model and the more traditionally didactic variety) and what indications there are that they can live up to such expectations. We discuss concerns arising from the review and identify issues including lack of evidence, absence of pedagogy, lack of support and unrealistic expectations particularly on beginner learners.

Item Type: Conference Item (Paper)
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Computer Science
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): MOOCs (Web-based instruction)
Series Name: Springer Proceedings in Complexity
Journal or Publication Title: The 2nd international workshop on learning technology for education in cloud
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
ISBN: 9789400773073
ISSN: 2213-8684
Editor: Uden, Lorna, 1946- and Tao, Yu-Hui and Yang, Hsin-Chang and Ting, I-Hsien
Official Date: 2013
Page Range: pp. 133-145
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7308-0_15
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Conference Paper Type: Paper
Title of Event: Learning Technology for Education in Cloud (LTEC 2013)
Type of Event: Workshop
Location of Event: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Date(s) of Event: 9-13 Sept 2013

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