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de Langen, Frank; van den Bosch, Herman – Open Learning, 2013
According to Christensen and Horn, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are serving non-consumers. Although they are limited in the services they provide compared with traditional colleges, they offer free and accessible education to a broader audience, who cannot afford the traditional provision. However, this is a characteristic of online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Adult Education, Educational Quality
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Daza, Vanesa; Makriyannis, Nikolaos; Rovira Riera, Carme – Open Learning, 2013
First-year university students exhibit considerably different levels of proficiency, often lacking the necessary prerequisites to attend certain courses. This is especially true for mathematics courses. While motivation alone plays a role, by far the most significant challenge consists in harmonising the different (and often incompatible)…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics