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Leveling Up Language Learners’ 21st-Century Skills with Minecraft

Edsurge

Once we introduced Minecraft to our learning program, I witnessed several reluctant readers pore over English-language handbooks and websites in pursuit of deeper knowledge of the game, translating to each other and pooling their linguistic resources to come to a common understanding of the text. Minecraft MOOC EVO Minecraft MOOC YouTube.

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Online Learning: Why Libraries Could Be the Key to MOOCs’ Success

MindShift

For all the promises of online courses disrupting education, completion rates are notoriously low. Some studies found that about five percent of those enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) completed the course. Facilitators found that four-to-nine people is a good number for a group.

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