MOOC, OER and mass higher education
| Published | May 2013 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-2, 1-53 |
| Publisher | Commonwealth of Learning (COL) |
| Country | Canada, North America |
ABSTRACT
MOOC, OER and Mass Higher Education, May 2013 by Venkataraman Balaji, Commonwealth of Learning, Based on a report by Professor T V Prabhakar, IIT Kanpur // A key challenge facing the policy makers in many developing countries is the need to increase affordable access to quality education and training at post-secondary level. The ODL paradigm has been able to address this challenge quite effectively in the past. Two key developments, both involving contemporary ICT, can be of further help.| Keywords | components of a MOOC platform · delivery challenges · flipped classroom · learning objects · MOOC · ODL paradigm · OER |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/11599/1188 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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