MOOCs a review of the state-of-the-art

CSEDU 2014 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-20

  Yousef, Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy ^a   Chatti, Mohamed Amine ^a   Schroeder, Ulrik ^a   Wosnitza, Marold ^a   Jakobs, Harald ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Learning theories; Massive open online courses; MOOCs; OER

Indexed keywords

GROUP THEORY; RESEARCH; TEACHING;

ASSESSMENT; LEARNING THEORY; MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE; MOOCS; OER;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84902320331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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