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This paper introduces some pedagogical reflections about the “lights” and “shadows” of the MOOCs in higher education. It presents the main characteristics of those courses and proposes feasible potential scenarios of online learning recognitions. Currently, there are several modality to design the assessment in the massive courses, but the majority of them focus only on summative assessment function.
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Guerra, L., Betti, M., Ferrari, L. (2016). MOOCs Scenarios and Learning Recognition. A Step Further?. In: Vincenti, G., Bucciero, A., Vaz de Carvalho, C. (eds) E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training. eLEOT 2015. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 160. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28883-3_19
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