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Through work I came across a company in Galway offering their version of MOOCs, the site is http:\/\/alison.com. I completed a course on Google Apps and passed the assessment, this was a series of questions and I was able to guess a few.<\/p>\n
The course consisted of a number of video files about Google Apps, the security and real world business experiences. The assessment was 11 questions based on these videos.<\/p>\n
After passing the assessment I can pay for a Certificate, \u20ac15 for a PDF – \u20ac25 for a parchment – \u20ac35 for a framed parchment. I did not buy a certificate.<\/p>\n
The whole course took less than an hour. They also offer diploma courses that I am sure would take longer. I will investigate further at a later stage.<\/p>\n
Discussions<\/p>\n
RE: I tried a MOOC<\/p>\n
Hugh, I’m familiar with the courses Alison provide. I would classify\u00a0 them as “online courses” as opposed to “MOOCs”. The only difference would be the level of content involved. I suppose it opens the debate on what exactly a MOOC is?I was wondering whether or not it would be considered a MOOC OK, but as you have said it starts a debate.<\/p>\n
I went with it because they are available to all online courses. I suppose the question it raised with me is if massive relates to content or availability. I took it to mean the availability to a massive amount of students. i.e. on the WWW.<\/p>\n