MOOCs are increasing their role in vocational training in the American market, also as a result of the synergy between large universities and leading corporate players in the accreditation of online courses. In Europe, most universities seem to be caught in between two competing strategies. Either they produce a limited number of MOOCs, distributed through the big American providers and mainly ...

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are increasingly available in the area of health and medicine. These MOOCs are offered through various commercial and noncommercial online platforms. When offered through reputable institutions, they can provide valuable access to reliable information without the constraints of time, geographical location, or level of education. Most current courses appear in...

Learning Analytics is an emerging field in the vast areas of Educational Technology and Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL). It provides tools and techniques that offer researchers the ability to analyze, study, and benchmark institutions, learners and teachers as well as online learning environments such as MOOCs. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are considered to be a very active and an inn...

This article discusses the application of MOOCs for refugees and migrants in order to help these groups people develop language competences transverse skills which they require improve their level social inclusion possibilities labour market, and/or access higher education country find themselves or plan go. Specifically, this research focuses on way Language (or LMOOCs [Martín-Monje...

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offer a great opportunity for learners to enjoy learning despite their location or timing. Nevertheless, motives vary between each student and another. In this workshop paper, we are delighted to open discussions on why undergraduates may enroll in their university’s MOOCs? Are they looking for ECTS points? Or do they want to build a stronger background in th...

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) might be the proverbial “tipping point” in discussions about the role of information and communication technologies in higher education. To some they offer dramatic cost savings without loss in quality; to others they are best described as MESS (Massive Extension of Sage on the Stage). If the history of IS is any guide, MOOCs portend dramatic changes over tim...