| Autor: |
Maria liana Lacatus, Camelia Staiculescu, Corina Cace |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
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| Zdroj: |
eLearning and Software for Education. |
| ISSN: |
2066-026X |
| DOI: |
10.12753/2066-026x-17-125 |
| Popis: |
Since 2011, when first MOOCs where launched on Internet, the number of online courses and students increased constantly and universities developed their capabilities to offer online education those interested in. In few years, MOOCs became a real phenomenon and faculties had to think how to deal with this phenomenon not only in terms of course design, but also in terms of methods of teaching, and assessment. MOOC pedagogy represents nowadays the most challenging issue of online education together with maintaining students in the program and conducting them to finalize the course. Our paper is presenting different issues of MOOC pedagogy with special focus on assessment as the authors have identified them in some online economics courses. The paper is structured in three parts. The first part is analyzing so called "MOOC phenomenon" and challenges universities have to face in respect with this. Special emphasize is giving to pedagogy of MOOCs and interactions with students in online environment. The second part of the paper is focusing on assessment in MOOCs. Different forms and methods used to assess knowledge and competences students gained participating in an online course are discussed, each method being analyzed both from students' and instructors' perspective. Assessment is seen in relationship with students' certification and recognition that has to be given to different paths and forms of education. The final part of the paper presents some critical issues on assessment authors identified analyzing assessment methods used in some economics online courses and questioning students that had the experience of being enrolled in different MOOCs. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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