Boosting Higher Education in Africa through Shared Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

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作者
Escher, Gerard [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Noukakis, Dimitrios [4 ,5 ]
Aebischer, Patrick [1 ,6 ]
机构
[1] EPFL, Geneva, Switzerland
[2] Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] Swiss Secretary State Educ & Res, Geneva, Switzerland
[4] Kodak, Rochester, NY USA
[5] Catholic Univ, Leuven, Belgium
[6] Brown Univ, Med Sci, Providence, RI 02912 USA
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10.1163/9789004281158_011
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G40 [教育学];
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040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have taken the world of higher education by storm. Ubiquitous use of tablets and smartphones, rapid increase of broadband penetration, and the coming-of-college-age of the 'digital native' generation have led many top universities to offer some of their courses to a wider audience online, free of charge. Millions of students are actively engaging. We present lessons learned after two years of experience with these new educational platforms and explore the opportunities and challenges of delivering MOOCs to students in Africa (and other developing regions) through a North-South partnership involving universities and teaching staff.
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页码:195 / 214
页数:20
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