Research to Advance Open Education

Reconsider the Role of MOOCs in Open and Distance Learning for Further Institutional Justification

Ginta Ginting

Universitas Terbuka

MOOCs have been sensationalized as the vehicle to forever change and even save higher education. Today we can say that online distance learning in the era Post-MOOC world. The question appear is that wether we push or pull MOOCs. Outcome learning to be the most important of implementing MOOCs. But some institution likely ignore the impact of MOOCs for the benefit of students. Some research has found that high level of dropout is the big problem which give a clue for the ODL policy maker to reconsider MOOCs. Adjustments are needed in order to strengthen the function of MOOCs platform.

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