What is a large open online course?

Large-scale open online course is the English abbreviation of massive open online course, which is the product of "Internet+education".

"M" stands for Massive, which is different from traditional courses with only dozens or hundreds of students. A MOOCs course has tens of thousands of students, up to 1.6 million. The second letter "O" stands for openness and interest-oriented. Anyone who wants to study can come in and study, regardless of nationality, and only need one email address to register and participate.

The third letter "O" stands for Online, where learning is completed without travel and time and space restrictions; The fourth letter "c" stands for of course, which means of course.

Extended information 1. Characteristics of large-scale open online courses

1. Large: One or two courses that are not published by individuals: "Large-scale open online courses" refer to courses published by participants. Only when these courses are large-scale or large-scale, it is a typical large-scale open network course.

2. Open course: respect for * * * enjoyment (CC) agreement; Only when the course is open can it be called a large-scale open online course.

3. Online courses: not face-to-face courses; These course materials are scattered on the Internet. There is no limit to where people have classes. No matter where you are, you can enjoy the first-class courses in American universities at the least cost. All you need is a computer and an Internet connection.

Second, the two basic design methods of large-scale open online courses

1. Use large open online course network to deal with public interaction and response, such as peer review and group cooperation.

2. Use an objective and automated online evaluation system, such as quizzes, exams and so on.

Third, the teaching design principles of large-scale open online courses

Principles of Connectionism Teaching Design

1. Aggregation: Connectionist MOOCs allow a large amount of information to spread on different websites online, and then assemble all kinds of information into exchange reports or web pages for participants to read easily. This is contrary to traditional courses, because the content of traditional courses is prepared in advance.

2. Mixed editing: linking the teaching materials or other contents in the course.

3. Re-setting goals: Re-arranging teaching content to meet the goals of different learners.

4. Feedback: Share the teaching contents and ideas arranged according to different learning objectives with other learners or the whole world.

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