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Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning

What Do We Need to Make a Massive Open Online Course (MooC) for Language Learning Genuinely Innovative?

Author : Veruska De Caro-Barek

Published in: Empowering Learners for Life in the Digital Age

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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By sharing experiences from the process of making Massive Open Online Courses (MooCs) in second language at NTNU, this paper aims to raise awareness about the need for improved technology solutions with a critical look at how course developers can build more innovative and interactive language MooCs within the frame of self-instructed courses using new convergent technologies such as Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC).

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Title: Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning
Author: Veruska De Caro-Barek
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Empowering Learners for Life in the Digital Age
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-23512-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-23513-0

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23513-0_19

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