MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOC) DISRUPTIVE IMPACT ON HIGHER EDUCATION

11/6/13 Qualtrics Survey Software I wanted to take a course offered by the University of Pennsylvania I wanted to see what online courses are like. Gain specific skills to do my

Research in distance education has investigated student satisfaction and learning outcomes, compared face-to-face with online delivery formats, and tested various technological

Index Terms – hybrid course delivery, interactive laboratories, learning styles, online

In the current academic model every university offers similar courses and individual professors in all universities deliver the course to group of 50 or 100 students at

MOOCs had exploded into the academic consciousness in summer 2011, when a free artificial-intelligence course offered by Stanford University in California attracted 160,000

In this document, hybrid refers to any course that replaces face-to-face contact hours with online instruction and online refers to courses that have no face-to-face

Using this theory, George Siemens (Athabasca University, Canada) partnered with Stephen Dowles (National Research Council, Canada) to create an online course that

This Is Not Your Parents’ College Course!: Teaching and Learning Tools in Online Courses Faculty members who teach online cannot apply the same instructional techniques, give