MOOCS: Trends and opportunities for higher education

This article looks at massive open online courses (MOOCs) and the opportunities that they offer for higher education in the Netherlands. We look at what a MOOC actually is, the context of “open education”, and the discussion of the possibly disruptive impact of MOOCs on higher education.

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