A Comparative Analysis of the Moodle and Edx Educational Platforms from a Tutor-Student Perspective

Mihai Bîzoi (bizoi@ssai.valahia.ro), Ana-Maria Suduc (suduc@ssai.valahia.ro) and Laura-Monica Gorghiu (lgorghiu@gmail.com)
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Mihai Bîzoi: Associate Professor, Valahia University of Targoviste, Targoviste, Romania
Ana-Maria Suduc: Lecturer, Valahia University of Targoviste, Targoviste, Romania
Laura-Monica Gorghiu: Associate Professor, Valahia University of Targoviste, Targoviste, Romania

Chapter 4 in Studies and Current Trends in Science of Education, 2017, vol. 2, pp 31-37 from Editura Lumen

Abstract: Traditional eLearning platforms are teacher centred and do not allow open and free access to education. To follow a course on a traditional platform the students must have a certain profile (knowledge background) and, at the end, they obtain new knowledge / abilities / competences. In 2011-2012 have been developed the first MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platforms with the aim to vastly increase access to education. The MOOC platforms have some differences compared to traditional eLearning platforms: the number of students in a course can be very high (tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands), the role of the tutor is less significant, the learning assessment is based on surveys and peer assessments and courses may be enriched with multimedia and hypermedia materials. Among MOOC platforms, open edX is a very popular platform developed by a consortium of universities from USA. Due to the fact, this platform can be installed for free, it is under continuous development, scalable and well documented, it has been chosen for many educational projects. This paper presents a comparative analysis between a traditional learning platform (Moodle) and a MOOC platform (open edX) taking into consideration the data achieved in four educational projects.

Keywords: Educational platforms; Massive Open Online Courses; Moodle; open edX (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-1-910129-14-2
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DOI: 10.18662/lumproc.icsed2017.4

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