慕课正在成熟

The MOOC Is Maturing

通过综合分析一百多种现有的关于慕课和开放远程学习的近期文献,得出关于慕课的五个基本结论。第一,关于慕课的观点冲突分化了教育机构;第二,很多教育工作者不赞同慕课的价值;第三,慕课的破坏性及其对高等教育模式存在潜在威胁;第四,关于慕课学习体验的报导是积极的;第五,慕课正在成熟——集中于其商业和资格认证问题。慕课并不会立刻威胁到传统大学的生存,但是慕课通过引入一套新的设计,正在改变着教育景观。

Through assessing over a hundred known recent literature contributions on MOOCs and ODL, we get five basic conclusions on MOOCs： firstly, conflicting perspectives on MOOCs divide education communities; secondly, many learning practitioners disagree about the value of MOOCs; thirdly, formal comprehensive analyses of MOOCs mostly concur that they are disruptive and possibly threatening to current higher education models; fourthly, reporting of MOOC learner experiences is positive; fifthly, the MOOC is maturing and engaging with its business and accreditation issues. MOOCs do not immediately threaten the continuation of traditional higher education in campus universities offering face-to-face teaching, but they will increasingly alter the educational landscape.