PRESENTATION SUMMARY• The timeline
• OCW
• Persian OCW
• Where to search for OCW
• iTunes U
• MOOC
• What are new to MOOCs?
• Some industry based MOOCS(Inbound Marketing)
• Where to search for MOOCS
• What is still missing?
• Alexa Ranks
OCW (OPENCOURSEWARE)• in 1999 the University of Tübingen in Germany published videos of lectures online
October 2002 launch of MIT OpenCourseWare . The movement was soon reinforced by the launch of similar projects at Yale, the University of Michigan, and the University of California Berkeley.
MIT's reasoning behind OCW
• to enhance human learning worldwide by the availability of a web of knowledge
• To allow students to become better prepared for classes so that they may be more engaged during a class
OCW- AN EXAMPLE
WHERE TO SEARCH FOR OCW?
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
http://academicearth.org/
http://www.ocwsearch.com/
MOOC (MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE)
• Coursera (founded by Stanford university)
• Edx (founded by MIT and Harvard)
• Iversity
• Udacity
• ,….
• See more on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course
WHAT ARE NEW TO MOOCS?• Videos + reading + problem sets
• user forums
• Study groups
• teaching assistants (TAs)
• Automated Grading
• Peer Evaluation
• Generally saying more focus on learning not knowledge sharing
SOME INDUSTRY BASED MOOCS
http://bigdatauniversity.com
https://education.mongodb.com/
WHAT IS STILL MISSING?
MOOCs rely mainly on open source software
You cannot find tutorials on excel as an example
The value of the certificates is yet unknown
They have no roadmap for students (except for some edx programs)
WHERE TO SEARCH FOR MOOCS?
• https://www.class-central.com/
• http://www.mooc-list.com/tags/search
ALEXA RANKS
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