MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning
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Examining the development of the Massive Open Online Course and its variants.
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Is there any business model for MOOCs?

Is there any business model for MOOCs? | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it
Have the major American platforms already won the day, or is there still room for outsiders?

 

This does not necessarily represent a threat for the instructional players in the field already, because the latter have an educational reputation and offer certification of users, but also because a ‘good’ MOOC requires enormous efforts before going on line: hours and hours of pedagogical video recording and a really solid course content.

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European MOOCs Scoreboard | Open Education Europa

European MOOCs Scoreboard | Open Education Europa | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it

The aim of this scoreboard is to highlight the huge potential that European institutions have in the world of MOOCs and to help visualize this potential by compiling the existing European-provided MOOCs and open courses available on different open websites.

Terry Elliott's curator insight, November 11, 2013 9:44 PM

MOOCs gone wild--in Europe.

David J MacFadyen's curator insight, November 12, 2013 1:07 PM

Impressive

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Professors, want to teach online? Berlin's Iversity offers ten €25,000 MOOC fellowships

Professors, want to teach online? Berlin's Iversity offers ten €25,000 MOOC fellowships | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it
Berlin-based online education startup Iversity is partnering with Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft to offer ten MOOC €25,000 fellowships.

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MOOCs Scoreboard update: ONE country has almost 30% of Europe's MOOCs

MOOCs Scoreboard update: ONE country has almost 30% of Europe's MOOCs | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it

The Open Education Europa team has scoured the interwebs and crunched the numbers to come up with the latest edition of the European MOOCs Scoreboard. Every month, we track the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offered by European higher education institutions. From September to October, the number of MOOCs grew by 11% globally. Guess what the growth was in Europe? 

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Does Europe need its own Mooc?

Does Europe need its own Mooc? | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it
Moocs offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a truly European university, says Alex Katsomitros – and might be the only means of survival for smaller universities
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