NDLI: MOOCs: old snake oil in new barrels?

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Petre, Marian
Abstract	What's the difference between a library and a university? Online technologies open great opportunities for (notionally global) dissemination of information. The internet levels the field, giving access to a wealth of resources. Textbooks, recorded lectures, and online course notes have low incremental dissemination cost, which is a principal enabler of the free and low-cost programs. But is that enough? Tutoring and feedback -- and the dialogues that nurture critical thinking -- are individual and hence labor-intensive, and tend not to feature in mass-market, low-cost programs. Information access may be relatively cheap in this milieu, but high-quality education still requires substantial investment. This talk will discuss the difference between 'education' and 'learning some stuff', in the context of MOOCs and other online educational developments.
Starting Page	110
Ending Page	110
Page Count	1
ISBN	9781450317955
DOI	10.1145/2401796.2401809
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2012-11-15
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Mooc Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

MOOCs: old snake oil in new barrels?