According to the article, "Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) – free, short courses made available to everybody online – were expected to herald the end of higher education as we knew it when they began. But the hype soon died away and critics bemoaned the fact that learners quickly lost enthusiasm and dropped out in large numbers." But with MOOCs receiving so much criticism recently, it is worth pointing to the very substantial ways they have improved education over the last half-dozen years or so (quoted):
- Many institutions, are using MOOCs to develop high quality online learning materials
- learners are using MOOCs to enhance their attractiveness to employers
- in-campus programmes that have a MOOC versions running alongside
- MOOCs are making learning more engaging
- MOOCs are opening up educational access
If someone had said to me that these could be achieved in the six years following CCK08, I would have been enthusiastic and pleased. I still am.
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