MOOCS: What The Open University research tells us
| Published | August 2016 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-31 |
| Publisher | Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University |
| Country | United Kingdom, Europe |
ABSTRACT
This quality enhancement report recommends priority areas for university activity in relation to massive open online courses (MOOCs). It does this by bringing together all The Open University’s published research work in this area from the launch of the first MOOC in 2008 until February 2016. This includes work by 56 OU authors based in 11 units and regions.| Keywords | accessibility · assessment · collaboration · ethics · MOOCs · motivation · open education · privacy · quality assurance · quality enhancement · retention |
| Published at | Milton Keynes, UK |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | c 2016 IET |
| URL | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/46970 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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