A Review on Massive E-Learning (MOOC) Design, Delivery and Assessment

Author

Daradoumis, Thanasis ; Bassi, Roxana ; Xhafa, Fatos ; Caballe, Santi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Cultural Technol. & Commun. (D.C.T.C), Univ. of Aegean, Mytilini, Greece

fYear

2013

fDate

28-30 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

208

Lastpage

213

Abstract

MOOCs or Massive Online Open Courses based on Open Educational Resources (OER) might be one of the most versatile ways to offer access to quality education, especially for those residing in far or disadvantaged areas. This article analyzes the state of the art on MOOCs, exploring open research questions and setting interesting topics and goals for further research. Finally, it proposes a framework that includes the use of software agents with the aim to improve and personalize management, delivery, efficiency and evaluation of massive online courses on an individual level basis.

Keywords

courseware; distance learning; educational courses; software agents; MOOC assessment; MOOC delivery improvement; MOOC delivery personalization; MOOC design; MOOC efficiency improvement; MOOC efficiency personalization; MOOC evaluation improvement; MOOC evaluation personalization; MOOC management improvement; MOOC management personalization; OER; massive e-learning; massive online open courses; open educational resources; software agents; Educational institutions; Electronic learning; Market research; Monitoring; Software agents; MOOC; OER; agents; e-learning; virtual learning environment (VLE);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing (3PGCIC), 2013 Eighth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Compiegne

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/3PGCIC.2013.37

Filename

6681230