Udacity: creating a more engaging MOOC
David Evans has been the first instructor for hundreds of thousands of students pursuing their education at Udacity, the massive open online course (MOOC) platform whose unique style…
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San Jose State’s MOOC missteps easy to see
As most people in ed-tech circles have heard by now, a much-touted MOOC experiment has ended in embarrassment, Diverse reports.
The rise of ‘SuperPosters’ in MOOCs
Participation has been an issue for massive open online course (MOOC) platforms as they face criticism from many corners of higher education, though there is one kind of…
The MOOC that roared
Technology is about to take a step that could set off a broad disruption in higher education: It’s offering a new master’s degree in computer science, delivered through…
5 tactical questions higher ed administrators should be asking about MOOCs
Massive open online courses — offered free and without admissions criteria to anyone in the world — may or may not be a suitable tactic for your organization,…
To MOOC or not to MOOC?
For those who think that massive open online courses are sure to lead to an academic “I, Robot” scenario, in which there is a lone professor out battling…
MOOCs and the potential for learning socially
With more open access to course content from a wide variety of providers, learners will naturally and quite easily include and extend their learning activities to existing social…
American higher education and the MOOC 3.0 era
Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, splashed on the higher education scene in sensational fashion in the summer of 2012, The Huffington Post reports.
Blackboard MOOC gains 15 more colleges
Learning management company Blackboard Inc. recently announced that 15 additional colleges and universities have signed up to use its services to run massive open online courses (MOOCs), InformationWeek…
Meet the man who wants to teach the world to make maps
The world’s first digital-mapping MOOC (massive open online course) kicks off tomorrow, and I’m really looking forward to it. Apparently I’m not alone, Wired reports.