MOOC

November 19, 2013

This house believes MOOCs are doomed

This is the provocative motion of this year’s ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN debate. The much-imitated event is a perennial favorite at the Conference; year after year, its mixture of incisive analysis, provocative statesmanship, audience participation and good plain fun make it one of the biggest crowd-pullers. by Alasdair MacKinnon

by OEB News Team

October 31, 2013

Corporate MOOCs are coming are you ready?

MOOCs—massive open online courses—have shaken up the higher education world in the past few years. Now it’s time to see how they will impact corporate training.

by Stephanie Ivec

September 2, 2013

The Definition of a MOOC

MOOCs are taking the world by storm, but what exactly is a MOOC? In this post, Ryan Tracey adds his voice to the conversation.

by Ryan Tracey

July 13, 2013

University of Washington instructor dives into MOOC spotlight

“I don’t see the MOOC that I teach as a threat to traditional universities or to the discipline, rather just the opposite. It’s the sort of thing a public university should be doing: broadcasting its knowledge.” – Dr. Matt McGarrity

by Andrew Winner

July 4, 2013

The Top 6 eLearning Industry Trends

Would you be interested in the 6 current top trends of the E-learning industry? At this post I will explore the hottest e-Learning trends!

by Christopher Pappas

June 3, 2013

The New Yorker article dives into MOOC controversy

The democratization of information would stand to benefit the world. However, does the variety of ideas in the university environment might be an unfortunate casualty of the MOOC revolution?

by Andrew Winner

May 30, 2013

Georgia Tech unveils first all-MOOC computer science degree

How would you like a Master’s degree in a growing field, from a well-regarded university, all for less than $7,000? On first glance, that doesn’t sound too bad at all.

by Andrew Winner

May 14, 2013

What I Learned from Harvard: MOOC Story Wrap-up

Through the final weeks of my Harvard MOOC experience, I learned a few things about setting rigorous expectation in a course, the value of competency-based grading (or “badges,” to fit the trending lingo), and how to plan for a final project that is valuable to students. 

by Joseph Kern

March 24, 2013

Using Data To Ease The Grading Process - An Educator's Perspective

I have become an educator and I am teaching a Spanish MOOC with over 1,000 students! They submit weekly assignments that are to be hand graded, and I alone simply cannot meet the task of grading these assignments. Obviously there is no silver bullet, and no proven technology to automatically grade writing assignments. So, out of necessity, we developed a process to ease our burden as teachers grading assignments.

by Scott Rapp

March 10, 2013

Business Opportunities Around MOOC

MOOC (massive open online courses) become popular more and more. Lots of people are involved in a discussion about MOOC. E-Learning portals publish news and press releases related to MOOC every day. Millions of students learn courses and leave their feedback. One of most popular discussions related to MOOCs is about if is this possible MOOCs replace traditional higher education. 

by Roman Gelembjuk

March 7, 2013

Learning from Harvard: MOOC story, pt5

As I work through Harvard's CS50 MOOC to distill out the best design practices for online courses and MOOCS, this edition dives into the realm of online testing.

by Joseph Kern

March 6, 2013

Free Certificate Of Completion Courses In Online Education And eLearning

Are you looking for Free Certificate of Completion Courses in Online Education, and eLearning and Digital Culture from world's leading universities?

by Christopher Pappas