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What happened to the MOOCs?

What happened to the MOOCs? | gpmt | Scoop.it
MOOC = Massive Open Online Course You knew that already, yes? Here are my thoughts for a Friday afternoon. Massive – Yes, these courses are usually large. But anything that isn’t constrained by the number of chairs in a room has this potential. A course that has 200 people on it fr... http://elearningfeeds.com/what-happened-to-the-moocs/
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elearnspace › MOOCs are really a platform, by George Siemens

elearnspace › MOOCs are really a platform, by George Siemens | gpmt | Scoop.it

"MOOCs, regardless of underlying ideology, are essentially a platform. Numerous opportunities exist for the development of an ecosystem for specialized functionality in the same way that Facebook, iTunes, and Twitter created an ecosystem for app innovation."

 

Comment: the discussion on what MOOCs are continuous, this post by George Siemens sums up some key elements: the ideological difference between x-MOOCs and c-MOOCs, MOOC as a platform, the issue of scaling (massive content duplication, not massive teacher support), and a comment by Rory McGreal to the effect that Open Universities have been doing MOOC-like stuff for ages already. (peter sloep)


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Peter B. Sloep's curator insight, February 7, 2013 4:32 PM

The discussion on what MOOCs are continuous, this post by George Siemens sums up some key elements: the ideological difference between x-MOOCs and c-MOOCs, MOOC as a platform, the issue of scaling (massive content duplication, not massive teacher support), and a comment by Rory McGreal to the effect that Open Universities have been doing MOOC-like stuff for ages already. (@pbsloep)

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Stanford University to collaborate with edX on development of non-profit open-source edX platform - MIT News Office

Stanford University to collaborate with edX on development of non-profit open-source edX platform - MIT News Office | gpmt | Scoop.it
edX Learning Platform to be open source and available on June 1

Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge, Bucky Dodd
Sorimangaraja Sitanggang's curator insight, April 3, 2013 4:38 PM

halo

Antonio Archetti's curator insight, April 8, 2013 5:00 AM

La piattaforma pedagogica de edX sarà appoggiata e sviluppata anche con la collaborazione della Stanford University (oltre alla Harvard Univeristy e a MIT). La piattaforma sarà resa disponibile a Giugno 2013 come completamente Open source.

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‘Ivy League Spring’ debated: is free, online education financially viable?

‘Ivy League Spring’ debated: is free, online education financially viable? | gpmt | Scoop.it
The Udacity of hope: new online programs offer free courses to hundreds of thousands of students, while the business model still gets worked out.

Via Mark Smithers, Keith Hampson PhD
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