The MOOC Quality Project
MOOCs represent the latest stage in the evolution of open educational resources. First was open access to course content, and then access to free online courses. Accredited institutions are now accepting MOOCs as well as free courses and experiential learning as partial credit toward a degree. The next disruptor will likely mark a tipping point: an entirely free online curriculum leading to a degree from an accredited institution.
MOOCs are moving from an early entrepreneurial stage into the reality of more and more educational institutions. Gaining participants, visibility and a growing community worldwide in many occasions the question rises to the surface: Are MOOCs the new model of online education for all? Are they fit to democratize education? and above all – what is a good quality MOOC?
The MOOC Quality Project, an initiative of the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning (www.efquel.org), addresses the latter question not by trying to find one answer which fits all, but by trying to stimulate a discourse on the issue of Quality of MOOCs. A series of BlogPosts of worldwide visible experts and entrepreneurs of MOOCs will address the issue from each particpant’s viewpoint. After each BlogPost we will allow a one week period of time to react and comment on the post made available. At the end of the week the discussion will be shortly summarized and made available to all.
Each Wednesday you will find a new post, with a length of 1000-1500 words maximum length.
We are looking forward to a lively debate,
for EFQUEL, Ulf-Daniel Ehlers & Ebba Ossiannilsson & Alastair Creelman
(www.efquel.org)
- See more at: http://mooc.efquel.org/the-mooc-quality-project/#sthash.ewNn2yS3.dpufMOOCs are moving from an early entrepreneurial stage into the reality of more and more educational institutions. Gaining participants, visibility and a growing community worldwide in many occasions the question rises to the surface: Are MOOCs the new model of online education for all? Are they fit to democratize education? and above all – what is a good quality MOOC?
The MOOC Quality Project, an initiative of the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning (www.efquel.org), addresses the latter question not by trying to find one answer which fits all, but by trying to stimulate a discourse on the issue of Quality of MOOCs. A series of BlogPosts of worldwide visible experts and entrepreneurs of MOOCs will address the issue from each particpant’s viewpoint. After each BlogPost we will allow a one week period of time to react and comment on the post made available. At the end of the week the discussion will be shortly summarized and made available to all.
Each Wednesday you will find a new post, with a length of 1000-1500 words maximum length.
We are looking forward to a lively debate,
for EFQUEL, Ulf-Daniel Ehlers & Ebba Ossiannilsson & Alastair Creelman
(www.efquel.org)
The MOOC Quality Project
MOOCs represent the latest stage in the evolution of open educational resources. First was open access to course content, and then access to free online courses. Accredited institutions are now accepting MOOCs as well as free courses and experiential learning as partial credit toward a degree. The next disruptor will likely mark a tipping point: an entirely free online curriculum leading to a degree from an accredited institution.
MOOCs are moving from an early entrepreneurial stage into the reality of more and more educational institutions. Gaining participants, visibility and a growing community worldwide in many occasions the question rises to the surface: Are MOOCs the new model of online education for all? Are they fit to democratize education? and above all – what is a good quality MOOC?
The MOOC Quality Project, an initiative of the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning (www.efquel.org), addresses the latter question not by trying to find one answer which fits all, but by trying to stimulate a discourse on the issue of Quality of MOOCs. A series of BlogPosts of worldwide visible experts and entrepreneurs of MOOCs will address the issue from each particpant’s viewpoint. After each BlogPost we will allow a one week period of time to react and comment on the post made available. At the end of the week the discussion will be shortly summarized and made available to all.
Each Wednesday you will find a new post, with a length of 1000-1500 words maximum length.
We are looking forward to a lively debate,
for EFQUEL, Ulf-Daniel Ehlers & Ebba Ossiannilsson & Alastair Creelman
(www.efquel.org)
- See more at: http://mooc.efquel.org/the-mooc-quality-project/#sthash.ewNn2yS3.dpufMOOCs are moving from an early entrepreneurial stage into the reality of more and more educational institutions. Gaining participants, visibility and a growing community worldwide in many occasions the question rises to the surface: Are MOOCs the new model of online education for all? Are they fit to democratize education? and above all – what is a good quality MOOC?
The MOOC Quality Project, an initiative of the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning (www.efquel.org), addresses the latter question not by trying to find one answer which fits all, but by trying to stimulate a discourse on the issue of Quality of MOOCs. A series of BlogPosts of worldwide visible experts and entrepreneurs of MOOCs will address the issue from each particpant’s viewpoint. After each BlogPost we will allow a one week period of time to react and comment on the post made available. At the end of the week the discussion will be shortly summarized and made available to all.
Each Wednesday you will find a new post, with a length of 1000-1500 words maximum length.
We are looking forward to a lively debate,
for EFQUEL, Ulf-Daniel Ehlers & Ebba Ossiannilsson & Alastair Creelman
(www.efquel.org)
The MOOC Quality project
MOOCs represent the latest stage in the evolution of open educational resources. First was open access to course content, and then access to free online courses. Accredited institutions are now accepting MOOCs as well as free courses and experiential learning as partial credit toward a degree. The next disruptor will likely mark a tipping point: an entirely free online curriculum leading to a degree from an accredited institution.
MOOCs are moving from an early entrepreneurial stage into the reality of more and more educational institutions. Gaining participants, visibility and a growing community worldwide in many occasions the question rises to the surface: Are MOOCs the new model of online education for all? Are they fit to democratize education? and above all – what is a good quality MOOC?
The MOOC Quality Project, an initiative of the European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning (www.efquel.org), addresses the latter question not by trying to find one answer which fits all, but by trying to stimulate a discourse on the issue of Quality of MOOCs. A series of BlogPosts of worldwide visible experts and entrepreneurs of MOOCs will address the issue from each particpant’s viewpoint. After each BlogPost we will allow a one week period of time to react and comment on the post made available. .
Each Wednesday you will find a new post, with a length of 1000-1500 words maximum length.
After each BlogPost we will allow a one week period of time to react and comment on the post made available.
After each BlogPost we will allow a one week period of time to react and comment on the post made available.
We are looking forward to a lively debate
For EFQUEL, Ulf-Daniel Ehlers & Ebba Ossiannilsson & Alastair Creelman
(www.efquel.org)
(www.efquel.org)
We are now already in the 8th week of the project and this week the blog is from the student perspective. Julius Kvissberg from Lund University, Sweden gives his views on MOOC
Read the full blogpost by Julius Kvissberg here
Some of the earlier contributers
Grainne Conole
Asha Kanwar Martin Weller
Look out for next weeks contribution with Paul Stacey; Creative Commons
