Though I would endorse the recommendations for the democratisation of massive open online courses (MOOCs) I think they don't quite go far enough. This paper outlines the objectives of MOOCs and finds that in their implementation they fail because the contents are locked down (obviously this refers to xMOOCs). To fix this, the author recommends that we (quoted):
- Export the contents into OER repositories as individual objects
- Export the content as data packages per module and or unit into OER repositories
- Convert the MOOCs into OCW self-taught courses
This would essentially convert MOOCs into OERs, which is what we did with cMOOCs. But if the contents are simply being presented (and maybe reused by teachers) they may as well remain static and locked. Taking it a step further means that the contents are not intended to be memorized by students, they are intended to be used by students as 'words' in a 'conversation' - the object of the course is not to learn the contents, but to do something with the contents.
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