criteria for selecting a mooc platform

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