I think MOOCs platforms such as edX. It is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. However, the challenge now is the business Models.

https://www.edx.org/

Hi, Komal. For open-source e-learning, I've always been a fan of Moodle. My uni uses a customized version of Sakai -- which is great if you have some dedicated tech people to help with that kind of work. By contrast, Moodle is incredibly easy for nearly any kind of user to set up and requires little customization to provide students with an effective learning platform.

I haven't yet played with edX -- it's on my list of e-learning systems to download and explore.

One of the best aspects of these open-source systems is that you can create (or download) a virtual machine for very quick deployment, evaluation, and testing.

www.mheducation.com/blog/product-updates/5-digital-platforms-leading-future-ed-

Como experiencia, me gusta Coursera y Edx por la exigencia; sin embargo, creo que no ha demostrado éxito, debido a que cada país tiene sus propios mecanismos de bienestar. Hay que considerar que el autoaprendizaje exige tiempos para la lectura y comprensión; que no tenemos porque para vivir cómodamente se requiere contar con dos o tres trabajos como mínimo, por tanto la autoexigencia se hace se hace insostenible, teniendo que abandonar un aprendizaje que lo requerías. Para terminar dos o tres cursos, tuve que sacrificar mi sueño y solo dormía dos horas, por otro lado, no se monitorea el trabajo colaborativo que puede ser mas eficaz que trabajar en grupo o equipo.

Sin embargo, su propuesta sigue vigente, hay que agregar que se puede focalizar, articular y empoderar mejor estos recursos.

Well, Komal, I think that the answer depends on the teacher pedagogical conceptions. Because all the curricular and methodological decisions closely depend on that and on the learning aims, the elearning platforms should be chosen in function of what we want that students do.

In this view, my best experience was with ELGG platform, a social platform that I use in my subjects in the university context.

You can get a view of the work done here: http://aprendercom.org/escola21/

Best regards,

Fernando

I agree with Fernando, it depends on the teacher’s conception. If you consider that transmissive techniques are convenient according to the learning objectives and the target audience, then you might consider Coursera or edX as efficient solutions.

I have designed two MOOCs with edX and, from my point of view, it’s difficult to create engaging activities since it is video-based. Creating with Moodle was more interesting because I used the Test Mode to develop many Socratic dialogues which are more engaging activities for learners. In these dialogues, it was easy to embed case studies, audio clip, video clips, questions, feedbacks, etc. thus creating a quite interesting environment. Such an approach could be difficult to implement with Coursera and edX.

Regards,

Françoise

you may want to look at Edmodo. Low overheads, which may be important and quite popular.