MOOCs in higher educationMohammed I UniversityFaculty of Letters and Humanities, Oujda

M DIHI & A. EL MEDIOUNI

Perils and Promises

MOOC

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Being Context

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and that is the budding revolution in

global online higher education. Nothing

has more potential to lift more people

out of poverty — by providing them an

affordable education to get a job or

improve in the job they have. Nothing

has more potential to unlock a billion

more brains to solve the world’s biggest

problems. And nothing has more

potential to enable us to reimagine

higher education than the massive open

online course, or MOOC

“LORD knows there’s a lot of bad

news in the world today to get you

down, but there is one big thing

happening that leaves me incredibly

hopeful about the future

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Perils

1. MOOC

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"Massive"

"Open" "Online"

“Course”

2. Typology Standardization

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3.Who takes a MOOC? high levels of educational attainment 83 % of students

have a post-secondary degree

79.4% of students have a Bachelor’s degree or higher

44.2% report education beyond a Bachelor’s degree.

79.4% of students have a Bachelor’s degree or higher

4. Peer to peer

14Sebastian Thrun, computer scientist in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 26.9.2013.

"The belief that education can be replaced by a computer program is a myth. Human

contact and mentoring make a substantial difference in

learning outcomes."

Evaluation

Millions of copies?

Individual feedback An option or an obligation?

5.University brand

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a surrogate for quality?

The international expert on open and distance learning Sir John Daniel

Promises and Challenges

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Online learning

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Revolution ?

To understand

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Gartner’s hype cycle

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Positions on digitalization

The best formula

Glocalization

Priorities and target groups

Strategic level

Operational level

WhetherWhenHow

To what extent

Digital teaching

Usage

Promises of MOOCs

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Prompt the learning for its own

sake

Enrich open

educational resources.

Help learners with financial constraints

get formal education

Envision new ways of delivering

education: flipped classrooms

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Education of the 21st Century

Thank you very much