criteria for selecting a mooc platform
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Platform functionality• General• Specific
Platform functionality• Embedded Youtube, • Quizzes, • Peer Assessment,• Discussion forums• Groupwork
Platform functionality• Analytics– identifying problems
• Progress tracking • Issuing certificates• Payments • Identity verification
Capacity• Storage• Bandwidth / Performance• Download capability• Number of users– simultaneous
Access rights• Author• Beta• Sneak peak• Regular user
Legal issues• Privacy• Data protection• Copyright?
Usability• Course development
– What skills do I have?– Help materials available?
• For learners– Learner help / orientation
• Mobile?• Accessibility
Costs• How much money do
you have?• Hosting• Storage• Marginal cost per user
Ease of Hosting • Service (cloud)
– Open?– Closed (your institution?)
• DIY (web space)• Website / Mash-up
Constraints • Quality Assurance– “green-lighting”
• Legal
Target audience • Education• Customers• Marketing
