Combining MOOL with MOOC to Promote Control Engineering Education: Experience with NCSLab

MOOC and MOOL alter the economics of education and provide an easy-access and cost-efficient way of online learning with unlimited participation and no limitation on time and locations. This paper explores the combination of MOOC and MOOL to promote control engineering education. NCSLab which is a web-based MOOL that has been providing online experimental services for over 12 years has been taken as an example, the MOOC of which has been created and put online on a national MOOC platform in China. The design, content, application example and teaching supports of the MOOC are investigated in details, in which the MOOL has been integrated. Meanwhile, in the MOOL platform, a notice for the MOOC has been published with the web access included for promotion. The MOOC experience with NCSLab can be used as a reference for other researches to promote engineering education.