• MOOCs in Brief• Global MOOC Statistics• Opportunity for MOOCs in Vietnam• Building a MOOC Platform
What will be covered?
MOOCs in Brief
• Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a recent development in online education
• MOOC aims at unlimited participation and open access via the Web
• MOOC is changing how education is delivered and funded around the world
MOOCs in Brief
• Key Characteristics– Be delivered online openly and freely• tought by professors at top universities• help promote reuse and repackaging of faculty material• provide access to material freely
– Don’t enforce prerequisites• In contrast with traditional on-campus courses
MOOCs in Brief
• Key Stakeholders– MOOC publishers• Coursera, Udacity, EdX,…• Currently provide courses for free, but are ultimately
profit-driven enterprises
– Universities/Professors– Traditional and non-traditional students• Parents, working adults,…
– Companies/Employers• use data on student performance and credentials
Building a MOOC Platform
• Road-map1. Start by offering courses in the most attractive areas
(mostly for free): Basic IT skills and Communication Art.
2. Target college students and graduates who have computers available
3. Partner with existing off-line learning centers to bring teaching materials online and provide course accomplishment certifications.
4. Provide private, on-demand training5. Partner with professors/colleges/universities
References
• Balakrishnan Dasarathy, Kevin Sullivan, Douglas C. Schmidt and Douglas H. Fisher, Adam Porter, “The Past, Present, and Future of MOOCs”, Coursera.
• “How To Start An Online Learning Program”, elearninginfographics.com, http://elearninginfographics.com/how-to-start-an-online-program-infographic.
• “The Rise of Online Education”, elearninginfographics.com, http://elearninginfographics.com/the-rise-of-free-online-education-infographic.
• “Massive Open Online Course”, elearninginfographics.com, http://elearninginfographics.com/massive-open-online-courses-infographic.
• “The Money in MOOCs”, elearninginfographics.com, http://elearninginfographics.com/the-money-in-moocs-infographic.
• “The Rising Power of MOOCs”, elearninginfographics.com, http://elearninginfographics.com/the-rising-power-of-moocs-infographic.
• “Who Takes MOOCs”, elearninginfographics.com, http://elearninginfographics.com/who-takes-moocs-infographic.
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