2
MOOCs article tidbit recaps are below:
1. Inside
Higher Ed, April 27, 2016, Georgia Tech’s Next
Steps, by Carl Straumsheim (Article
key Points: most people signing up are from USA and males (unlike FTF
program); they are going to expand their number of MOOC related master’s
degrees; they are profitable but not growing as fast as expected; they recently
had their 10,000th
applicant; and the average cost of developing each computer science MOOC is
$350,000. Yes, $350,000 for each course. Wow! I now that we did not spend that
on the MOOC
that I did for Blackboard four years ago on how to teach.
2. eCampus
News, May 2, 2016, Developing county MOOC
users not like those in the U.S., by
Ronald Bethke (Article Key Points: developing world MOOC
participants (a survey of 1,400 MOOC users ages 18-25 and 2,250 non users from
South Africa, the Philippines, and Columbia); MOOC users have lower levels of
education (less than half completed college) than studies in the developed
world; and more are getting certificates (49 percent) and 30 percent are
completing at least one MOOC course. Around 70 percent of employed respondents
are getting certifications. The biggest problems for those in the development
world that they surveyed) were not the lack of access (4 percent) or the
lack of tech skills (2 percent, but lack of awareness of MOOCs (79 percent) and
lack of time (49 percent).
Given
that lack of awareness was the key problem, I would hope that my recent book
and special journal issue on MOOCs and Open Education Around the World can
help in this regard even if in a minor or modest way.
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