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The potential social, economic and environmental benefits of MOOCs: comparisons with a massive closed online course

Published on Jun 23, 20141775 Views

Andy Lane

Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have recently become a much discussed development within higher education. Much of this debate focuses on the philosophical and operational similarities and dif

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The potential social, economic and environmental benefits of MOOCs: comparisons with a massive ‘closed’ online course00:00
Social and economic objectives: widening participation in higher education03:09
HE policy on widening access03:41
Widening access conceptual framework04:30
Re-inventing the wheel?05:26
T171 You, Your Computer and the Net06:22
T171/MOOC comparisons #109:12
T171/MOOC comparisons #210:46
T171/MOOC comparisons #311:49
T171/MOOC comparisons #413:36
Environmental objectives: lowering carbon impacts15:18
Environmental impacts of HE teaching models - 115:27
Environmental impacts of HE teaching models - 216:56
Average CO2 emissions (kg) of T171 in comparison with Face-to-face and Online teaching models (per student per 100 study hours)18:02
(Tentative) Conclusions19:28
Key references22:29
Thank you!22:33
Further questions22:44