Promoting Engagement in MOOCs Through Social Collaboration: Common Lessos from the Pedagogical Models of Universidad Galileo and Universidade Aberta

Abstract

Massive open online courses (MOOC) have been dramatically expandingonline learning opportunities due to the emergence of new platforms andMOOC aggregators that facilitate access and search for courses according tothe needs of each user, growing from a selection of specialist courses to anoffering of hundreds of courses on major online platforms with millions ofregistered users. All this has caused a very interesting debate about theirinfluence in the future of higher education.