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History, Current Status, Future Potential
MOOCs 101
Autar KawDepartment of Mechanical Engineering
November 13, 2012
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MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course. It is defined as an online course with large participation and access via the web.
Accepted definition of MOOCs includes:• Open Access – Do not
need to pay a fee or be registered student• Scalability – Designed to
support indefinite number of students
Definition
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• 2001 - Open Courseware Initiative of MIT
• Utah State University 2007 • Graduate course in Open Education
• 5 students turned to group of 50 in 8 countries
• University of Prince Edward Island coined the term MOOC
• Course in Connectivism and Connective Knowledge
• 25 university students joined 2,300 other students
Early MOOCs
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What is a cMOOC?
Link
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• In 2011, Thrun and Norvig offered a course in Artificial Intelligence.
• In 2012, the major players in MOOCs emerged from selective universities thru companies such as Coursera, Udacity, and edX.
Recent MOOCs
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• You can make your own MOOC through Blackboard, Canvas, Google Course Builder, Reddit
• People are mashing up MOOCs and call them Mechanical MOOCs (First course in Programming)• Teach using open courseware of MIT
• Use quizzes and online exercises from Codecademy
• Study Groups by Open Study and P2P
• Email scheduler
Self MOOCs
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• Cannot be free for too long
• Real-world experience is missing
• Technical difficulties
• Students who prefer structure
• Academic dishonesty
• Responsible for own learning
Issues with MOOCs*
*Source: Onlinecolleges.net, July 11, 20129
• A matching service for companies
• Certifications for credit
• Continuing education
• Google Adsense partner
• Provide online course materials for schools
• 2tor offers online degrees thru several institutions for full tuition
Self-sustaining MOOCs
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• Putting upward pressure on university teaching
• Decentralizing services
• Meeting students’ needs
• Serve K-12 for AP classes
Disruption from MOOCs*
*Source: Educase 2012: 5 ways online learning is disrupting education: Brian Warmoth, Nov 7, 2012 11
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