Promises and Perils: The Internet as Contested Space for Social Change
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MOOCs in higher educationMohammed I UniversityFaculty of Letters and Humanities, Oujda
M DIHI & A. EL MEDIOUNI
Perils and Promises
MOOC
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and that is the budding revolution in
global online higher education. Nothing
has more potential to lift more people
out of poverty — by providing them an
affordable education to get a job or
improve in the job they have. Nothing
has more potential to unlock a billion
more brains to solve the world’s biggest
problems. And nothing has more
potential to enable us to reimagine
higher education than the massive open
online course, or MOOC
“LORD knows there’s a lot of bad
news in the world today to get you
down, but there is one big thing
happening that leaves me incredibly
hopeful about the future
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3.Who takes a MOOC? high levels of educational attainment 83 % of students
have a post-secondary degree
79.4% of students have a Bachelor’s degree or higher
44.2% report education beyond a Bachelor’s degree.
79.4% of students have a Bachelor’s degree or higher
4. Peer to peer
14Sebastian Thrun, computer scientist in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 26.9.2013.
"The belief that education can be replaced by a computer program is a myth. Human
contact and mentoring make a substantial difference in
learning outcomes."
Evaluation
Millions of copies?
Individual feedback An option or an obligation?
5.University brand
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a surrogate for quality?
The international expert on open and distance learning Sir John Daniel
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Positions on digitalization
The best formula
Glocalization
Priorities and target groups
Strategic level
Operational level
WhetherWhenHow
To what extent
Digital teaching
Usage
Promises of MOOCs
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Prompt the learning for its own
sake
Enrich open
educational resources.
Help learners with financial constraints
get formal education
Envision new ways of delivering
education: flipped classrooms