{"id":4138,"date":"2017-03-31T12:10:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T12:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/moocs4all\/?page_id=4138"},"modified":"2017-03-31T12:10:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T12:10:51","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/moocs4all\/guidelines-for-producing-low-cost-moocs\/introduction\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Introduction\"><b>Introduction<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for creating Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) with limited resources. It is intended to be of use for educators who wish to offer their students the opportunity to complete educational credentials online, but don\u2019t have a big budget to do so. It may also be useful for anyone who is interested in using technology to share their knowledge and experience with the world using low-cost tools.<br \/>\nThis document can be used on its own, or as a reference guide when taking the \u201cMaking MOOCs on a Budget\u201d course at <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.canvas.net\/courses\/1412\/\">https:\/\/learn.canvas.net\/courses\/1412\/<\/a> &nbsp;<br \/>\nThis guide will take you through the tasks that need to be completed when building a MOOC, including:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Specifying the learning outcomes of your course.\n<\/li>\n<li>Making decisions on the nature or style of your course and what types of learning objects you will use in your course.\n<\/li>\n<li>Selecting the tools you need to build your course content.\n<\/li>\n<li>Creating video content and sourcing free content.\n<\/li>\n<li>Planning your project and keeping it on track.\n<\/li>\n<li>Recruiting learners for your course.\n<\/li>\n<li>Engaging and retaining learners on your course.\n<\/li>\n<li>Assessment of learner performance and awarding credit.\n<\/li>\n<li>Selecting a platform for delivery.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guidance is also provided on optimising resources and creating systems and processes for low-cost production of MOOCs within institutions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Disclaimer: These guidelines reflect only the views of the authors. &nbsp;The national authority and European Commission are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained herein<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.004 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.004 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 2\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 8\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 2\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:181084-0!*!*!*!*!*!* and timestamp 20170331113255 and revision id 1027390\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/moocs4all\/supporting-material\/presentation-material\/slides-and-webinars\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/moocs4all\/guidelines-for-producing-low-cost-moocs\/section-1-the-nature-of-your-mooc\/the-nature-of-your-mooc\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for creating Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) with limited resources. 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