An Analysis of Characteristics and Typical Projects of Task-Based Massive Open Online Courses (tMOOC)

Type analysis of MOOCs is a basic research. In reality, MOOCs are usually divided into cMOOC and xMOOC, which is reasonable to some extent, but not universally explanatory. Mainly based on Lisa M. Lane's opinion that MOOCs contain network-based, task-based and content-based MOOC, task-based MOOC (tMOOC), a relatively independent MOOC, is different from the others. It respects differences of learners' previous knowledge and the uniqueness of knowledge creation according to Constructivism Learning Theory and the main aim at acquiring specific skills in generating knowledge. This paper also analyzes typical application of it when applying MOOC.