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Scoop.it!
As the name suggests, a LOOC is a localized form of a MOOC – or massive open online course. 
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Scoop.it!
Built on the same principles of a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), a LOOC is for a local audience.
Mickael Ruau's insight:
The LOOC is a self-guided learning experience without teachers or cohorts. It’s powered by another much more formal but completely online graduate course where MET students create content for the LOOC and manage it. The material in M101 is collectively, continuously created and reviewed by its learners. For example, a student’s website on digital storytelling will be critiqued by other students so it can be revised and improved. In this way, quality control is reputation-motivated and peer-moderated; and the material is always fresh. Like all open courses, accreditation is an issue. Currently, Vogt is working with Mozilla to create badges— a way for learners to get recognition for these skills. Coming to a campus near you
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The power of regeneration
Another notable aspect of the LOOC is its capacity for regeneration. Users can rate and review content, and offer new content – thereby reaping the benefits of previous contributions and adding value for future students. “The idea is that we’ll get all of these online graduate students in education offering content for the LOOC as a fundamental part of their learning experience,” says Vogt, also the Director of Innovation Strategy for UBC’s MAGIC lab.