• DocumentCode
    239838
  • Title

    MOOCs — Changing the way of education

  • Author

    Vaidya, Salil ; Paranjape, Amey

  • Author_Institution
    V.E.S. Inst. of Technol., Mumbai Univ., Mumbai, India
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    19-20 Dec. 2014
  • Firstpage
    362
  • Lastpage
    365
  • Abstract
    Massive Open Online Courses´ (MOOCs) have become the next big phenomenon and have revolutionized the entire education system. As the name states, they are Massive, Open and Online. Started in 2008, MOOCs have now reached every corner of the world. This change has helped a lot of aspiring learners to learn things which they always dreamt of learning. This paper aims to focus on every aspect of MOOCs starting from their history, development, features as well as limitations.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; distance learning; educational courses; MOOCs; distance learning; education; massive open online courses; Buildings; Computer aided instruction; Educational institutions; Internet; Materials; Technological innovation; Connectivism; Distance Learning; Interactive Learning; Online; cMOOCs; xMOOC;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    MOOC, Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Patiala
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MITE.2014.7020304
  • Filename
    7020304
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=239838