FAQS - MOOCs

All MOOCs have the following features:

  • Autonomy: : Its structure is designed to promote the autonomous learning of students, with numerous resources in the form of videos, links, documents,... and spaces for debate and communication
  • Massive: The number of places is unlimited, the scope is global and they are aimed at students with different interests and aspirations
  • Online: the course is distance learning, you only need to have a computer, Internet connection and use a web browser. It can be done comfortably from home, flexibly and at the pace of each student.
  • Open and free: the materials used in the course are available on the Internet and, in addition, completely free of charge, students only need to register in advance to access the course.
  • Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/lEVQUGPe7YU

You can find more information at the following link http://www.um.es/documents/4874468/9227012/SG-Convenio-cursos-MOOC.pdf/47a0ec8f-709f-4a83-a247-a26e408b41f3.

For the design and planning of the MOOC, a document provided by the Innovation Unit will be completed, detailing the structure of the course.

In order to implement the course on the selected platform, it is necessary for the partition contract to be signed by all the members of the course.

The Innovation Unit will be responsible for setting up the course on the platform that is available at that time. If there are several platforms available, the one that best meets the needs of the course will be used. Once the course has been set up and before it is published, the course coordinator will be asked in writing to validate the correct setting up on the platform.

In this phase, the teaching team must commit to follow the course, which implies being aware of what happens in the different communication tools provided in the course. The obligatory communication tool in a MOOC is the forum, so the teaching team commits itself to follow up this tool and to attend the requests of the students who express themselves in it.

In this phase, the teaching team must commit to follow the course, which implies being aware of what happens in the different communication tools provided in the course.

The obligatory communication tool in a MOOC is the forum, so the teaching team commits itself to follow up this tool and to attend the requests of the students who express themselves in it.