Cursos en línea masivos y abiertos (MOOC): ¿un cambio de paradigma en la educación global?

Robert W. Robertson; Carlos Tasso Eira de Aquino

doi:10.51302/tce.2015.36

Authors

Robert W. Robertson A visiting scholar and professor at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; a scientific adviser with the GUIDE Association, Marconi University, Rome, Italy; and director of academic affairs; and, a research fellow at the Center for Workplace Diversity Research, University of Phoenix (Estados Unidos)
Carlos Tasso Eira de Aquino University Research Chair, Center for Workplace Diversity Research, University of Phoenix (Estados Unidos)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51302/tce.2015.36

Keywords:

on-line education, MOOCs, disruptive innovation

Abstract

Massive open on-line courses or «MOOCs» is the current catchphrase of the on-line education sector. Many see MOOCs as representing a «disruptive innovation» that will change the education.

There are many supporters and many cynics who have weighed in on the MOOC debate. This paper provides an overview of the development and evolution of MOOCs with a view to looking at possible Future directions that might be available for these types of courses.

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