Between MOOCs and Service-oriented Education: If Students Had the Choice

Authors

  • Thomas Richter University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
  • Heimo H. Adelsberger University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Pouyan Khatami University of Duisburg-Essen

Keywords:

Higher Education, MOOCs, Service-oriented Education

Abstract

Enterprises demand universities not to limit education to theoretical knowledge, but instead, to prepare students for future challenges in the job. While demanding a focus on current technologies and practices appears reasonable, it contradicts academia’s general focus on sustainable knowledge. This “conflict-ofinterest” can be bridged through extra-curricular professional training. MOOCs are hyped as solution because they allow to simultaneously addressing masses of students. However, with the increasing number of learners, anonymity in education increases and first-level support decreases. Within the extracurricular online program erp4students we found that individual support is considered most relevant to successfully complete professional training.

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Published

2017-04-01

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Richter, T., Adelsberger, H. H., & Khatami, P. (2017). Between MOOCs and Service-oriented Education: If Students Had the Choice. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 17(2). Retrieved from https://articlegateway.com/index.php/JHETP/article/view/1568

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