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Promoting Engagement in MOOCs Through Social Collaboration: Common Lessos from the Pedagogical Models of Universidad Galileo and Universidade Aberta
Promoting Engagement in MOOCs Through Social Collaboration: Common Lessos from the Pedagogical Models of Universidad Galileo and Universidade Aberta

Author(s): Rocael Hernandez, Miguel Morales, Jose Mota, António Moreira Teixeira
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education
Published by: European Distance and E-Learning Network
Keywords: Lifelong learning

Summary/Abstract: Massive open online courses (MOOC) have been dramatically expandingonline learning opportunities due to the emergence of new platforms andMOOC aggregators that facilitate access and search for courses according tothe needs of each user, growing from a selection of specialist courses to anoffering of hundreds of courses on major online platforms with millions ofregistered users. All this has caused a very interesting debate about theirinfluence in the future of higher education.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 131-142
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English