April 21, 2013
Why c and x MOOCs are attracting different number of participants?
Sui Fai John Mak,
Learner Weblog,
April 21, 2013
It's a question I'm sure many people have pondered: why do the xMOOCs attract hundreds of thousands of people, while cMOOCs attract far few. Sui Fai John Mak rounds up the reasons:
- branding and affiliation with elite institutions and professors,
- well established courses with rich support on resources and assessment (grading/peer assessment),
- granting of certificates of achievement or statements of attainment (in recognition),
- degrees of difficulties – xMOOCs are much easier compared to cMOOCs,
- perceptions of learners – xMOOCs are based on 1,2,3 above, and 4 – learners – cMOOCs would have to curate resources and create blog posts/join forums,
- pedagogy,
- assessment.
He then discusses each of these in detail. A post well worth reading.
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