Curiosidades CTR, ¿sabes que es un MOOC?

It is probably that you have never heart before what a MOOC is, but they exist, and they are with us. They are massive open online courses. Some people consider them as the way to study free in the first world. It is an original concept. They are online education platform base on liberty and freeness education. Internet makes this experience possible, and technology helps to achieve the goal. The experience was born in USA. All started in 2007 when David Wiley created a first course, in Utah University. This action was followed by other similar initiatives. Although the first official MOOC course by Siemens and Stephen Downes was in 2008 with a course called “Connectivism and Connective Knowledge”. After that, lot of courses have been celebrated in different universities, moreover technology brings democracy and universal point of view. If a course wants to be considered MOOC, requirements are: – Be a course, where you get acknowledge that should be tested – Massive character, without vacancy limit, space doesn´t mind – Online.- internet is a tool for communication. – Open.- no payment, you can Access worldwide UNED and UPV, in Spain have online platforms. There try to join forces between the community of teachers, students, tutors, and researchers. Contents are open. Parts develop as participation goes on. Since the experience began, we have controversial opinion. Patrick Clark, says that we find skeptical teachers meanwhile Universities go on developing more and more. Start a debate For further information: http://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOOC