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MOOCs and MOOCersA new frontier?
Dr. Mubarak AlkhatnaiKing Saud University
Theories of Learning and MOOCs
• New Vs. old way of learning • Process Vs. product • Changing role of the learners • Social learning • Open learning • Learner autonomy • Mobile learning • Global learning (borderless)
History
Correspondence 1840s
Columbia University
Radio 1920s
TV1960s
Online 2000s
MOOCs 2011
Stanford University
Popularity
Participation
MOOCs Portals • Coursera • EDX• Udemy• CourseSites• Inversity• ITunesU Free Courses • MIT Free Courses • Duke Free Courses • Harvard Free Courses • Rawaq
MOOCs and Language
• France Université Numérique (FUN)• Iversity German • Arabic Rawaq – Edraak• Spanish• Edx open source
Coursera • 2012• Stanford University • For-profit provider • Affiliated with Amazon • $ 30-100 for course credits • $60-90 protected exams• 6-15% of revenue goes to partner university• 62 Colleges and University •2.8 Million users •337 Courses
Coursesites • 2012• Blackboard • For-profit provider • Free teaching platform • individual instructors • A platform• more than 74,000 instructors • more than 12,000 institutions •Around 160 countries •Around $30 for signature tracks
Udemy
• 2010• 8000 courses • More than 2 million users • Course creators independent • For-profit provider • Charged service
EdX
• 2012• MIT & Harvard • Non-profit provider • Retail partners and textbook suppliers • Edx gets 10-30% of revenue • Universities get 50-70% • 12 Universities • 24 classes • 675,000 users
Iversity
• 2013•Student-initiated • Germany • For-profit provider • Signature tracks • Multilingual • 24 MOOCs • More than 100,000 users • European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits
Udacity
• 2012• Stanford University • First MOOC ever • For-profit provider • Revenue through retail partners • 400,000 users • 22 courses
Rawaq رواق• 2013• Personal initiative • No signature tracks • Affiliated with professional provider on personal basis • Only Arabic supported • 27 courses • + 100,000 users
Types of MOOCs Certificates
• Standard • With distinction • Verified certificate • Signature tracks• Digital ID
MOOCs Certificates
Arabic MOOCs
Final Thoughts
Future trends
Questions
