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The Massive Growth Spurt in MOOCS: What Challenges and Opportunities Do They Present for “For Profit” Education?
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The Massive Growth
Spurt in MOOCS:
What Challenges and Opportunities Do
They Present for “For Profit” Education?
Massive Open Online Course( s )
They originated in 2008 with the Open Education Resources Movement ( OER) ( Open Educational
Resource, Hewlett Foundation)
Use of Connectivism
Which emphasizes learning taking place in a social and cultural context with the infusion of
work /life experience ( Downes, 2011).
The Cost of Higher Education
How much a gallon of gas would cost today if gas prices had risen as much as college prices since
1980. - $13
2.25 million students signed up for the free MOOCS from Udacity, Coursera, and edX in 2012
Some common perceptions
44% of students believed that their post secondary education improved their employment opportunities.
9% of parents with children under 18 say that the current state of higher education in America is “excellent.”
More perceptions
48% of high school graduates did not pursue higher education because the cost was prohibitive.
80 % of adults with children under the age of 18 say that it is extremely like that their children will go to college.
What challenges and opportunities do
MOOCS present?
The drop out rate in MOOCS
What MOOCS accomplish
How MOOCS change the landscape of higher education.
Are MOOCs profitable?
MOOCs and the FLIPPED ClassroomHow does the flipped classroom model benefit the new MOOCs model?
Can student engagement and interaction thrive with the MOOCs model?
Future possibilities for MOOCs
Is self-paced learning truly successful?
? Do MOOCs signal a trend in higher education away from degree programs requiring students to pay tuition, to the accessibility of free resources that provide proof of completion and mastery of content as being the requisite outcome necessary in today’s workplace?
References
The New York Times. Retrieved July 18, 2012. Horacio Reyes. "History of a revolution in e-learning". Revista Educacion Virtual. Retrieved Aug 10, 2012. Downes, Stephen "'Connectivism' and Connective Knowledge", Huffpost Education, January 5, 2011, accessed July 27, 2011
References ( continued)
^ Kop, Rita "The challenges to connectivist learning on open online networks: Learning experiences during a massive open online course", International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Volume 12, Number 3, 2011, accessed November 22nd, 2011
"Open Educational Resources". The William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
Questions and Discussion
The future of online degree programs.
The demands of the job market on higher education.
