@inproceedings{a3da09c02e0c4d38803d02dfc65b9a30,
title = "Towards MOOCs and their role in engineering education",
abstract = "Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are the latest installment in the field of distance education. This paper discusses the pros and cons of MOOCs in the educational systems with a special emphasis on the engineering education. Since 2012, more and more universities have been joining MOOC revolution and the number of online courses has considerably increased over time. Engineering MOOCs are also increasing. Due to their access to large audience, massive online courses have been expanding their horizon of admission to engineering education at all levels and improving the in-campus learning.",
keywords = "Engineering education, MOOCs, Online learning, Open education",
author = "Sajid Iqbal and Xizhe Zang and Yanhe Zhu and Danish Hussain and Jie Zhao and Gulzar, \{Muhammad Majid\} and Shahid Rasheed",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; 7th International Conference on Information Technology in Medicine and Education, ITME 2015 ; Conference date: 13-11-2015 Through 15-11-2015",
year = "2016",
month = mar,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1109/ITME.2015.89",
language = "英语",
series = "Proceedings - 2015 7th International Conference on Information Technology in Medicine and Education, ITME 2015",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "705--709",
editor = "Shaozi Li and Ying Dai and Yun Cheng",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2015 7th International Conference on Information Technology in Medicine and Education, ITME 2015",
address = "美国",
}