MOOCs Design, Use and Business Models [Hardcover]

MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses) are shaking up the traditional forms of primary and continuing education and training. These new distance teaching tools which take advantage of the Web and social network revolution are making us think again about how we teach and learn.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix

CHAPTER 1. WHAT IS A MOOC? 1

1.1. From distance learning to MOOCs 1

1.2. What is a MOOC? 5

1.3. xMOOCs, cMOOCs and other SPOCs 10

1.3.1. xMOOCs 11

1.3.2. cMOOCs 12

1.3.3. SPOCs 16

1.3.4. SOOCs 17

CHAPTER 2. HOW TO CONSTRUCT A MOOC 19

2.1. From a conventional course to a MOOC 19

2.2. Human resources for the building of a MOOC 21

2.2.1. Teaching staff 21

2.2.2. Instructional designer 22

2.2.3. Video 23

2.2.4. Graphic designers and webmasters 24

2.2.5. Integrator 25

2.2.6. Testers 25

2.2.7. Project manager 26

2.3. Steps involved in mounting a MOOC 26

2.3.1. Announcements 27

2.4. Resources required 30

2.5. Post-construction tasks 33

2.6. Amount of human resources required for the construction of a MOOC 35

2.6.1. For teachers 36

2.6.2. Teaching support staff 38

2.6.3. Technical support staff 40

2.7. Cost of a MOOC 42

2.7.1. Logistics 42

2.7.2. Software platform 42

2.7.3. Hardware platform 43

2.7.4. Human resources 45

CHAPTER 3. A MOOC FOR WHOM AND FOR WHAT PURPOSES? 49

3.1. Audiences 49