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Activity 12: Background to MOOCs

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After watching video and reading document, I learnt about the ranges of issues linked with MOOCs

1. There is a limited use of the discussion forum in xMOOCs. Lack of participation and lack of opportunity to brainstorm make many courses dull!

2.There is a limited interaction between credit and non-credit students.

3.Learners are not involved in the decision-making process, particularly in xMOOCs

4. The dropout rate is high

5. It is difficult to gauge diverse learners because methods for active participation is limited. Further, courses may not suit all the learners

6. One of the biggest challenges is linked to expertise. Not all the people who attend or run MOOCs re expert!

7. Burnout for the facilitators if the technical staff and facilitators are limited.

8.There could be a sensitivity of the resources for people of some cultural backgrounds

9. Pedagogical models are not much innovative and do not fit in the ideological models

10. Most of the courses on MOOCs are only drilling content and duplicate the classroom model

11. Weak assessment and evaluation techniques

12. Lacks networking and integrated structures

13. Chase of business model

14. Cannot  meet complex learning needs

15. Issues on the quality and upgrading of content

16. It is often linked to Mill racket when adopting a business model for MOOCs

17.Limitation of mass teaching methods

18. Issue with accreditation

Yes, MOOC approach could be adopted in my university, but we need to assess the available and the required resources. Further, we need to loop in practitioners and learners to take their viewpoints. Further, we need to see, what laws and policies say about online courses in Pakistan.


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