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Massive Open Online Course in Teacher Training: Between Limitations and Possibilities

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New Contributions in Information Systems and Technologies

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 353))

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This paper presents a preliminary discussion of the possibilities and limitations of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), a model of an online course whose contents are open and freely offered over the internet to anyone and anywhere. The main characteristic of this model is to allow an active engagement of tens or hundreds of thousands of students who self organize their own participation according to their goals, background, abilities and common interest. Advances in studies about Web Semantics and Adaptive Learning Systems are examples of research results in some of the various research areas of Computing in Education which are still incipient in MOOCs.

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  1. IFPB, Acesso Rodovia PB 151, s/n, Cenecista, Picuí, Brazil

    João Melo

  2. UFRN, Avenida Senador Salgado Filho, 3000, Lagoa Nova, Natal, Brazil

    Elda Melo

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  1. DEI/FCT, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Alvaro Rocha

  2. Campus de Campolide, ISEGI, Lisboa, Portugal

    Ana Maria Correia

  3. DEIS, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

  4. DIS, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Luis Paulo Reis

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Melo, J., Melo, E. (2015). Massive Open Online Course in Teacher Training: Between Limitations and Possibilities. In: Rocha, A., Correia, A., Costanzo, S., Reis, L. (eds) New Contributions in Information Systems and Technologies. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 353. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16486-1_123

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