Team based assignments in MOOCs: results and observations

Abstract

Teamwork and collaborative learning are considered superior to learning individually by many instructors and didactical theories. Particularly, in the context of e-learning and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) we see great benefits but also great challenges for both, learners and instructors. We discuss our experience with six team based assignments on the openHPI and openSAP1 MOOC platforms.