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Massive Open Online Courses (aka MOOCs) are the biggest trend affecting education right now. They've gotten the attention of VCs, Harvard, MIT, and students around the world. So what's the big deal and what does the future hold? Via Olgy Gary Delete the scoop?
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People who have taken dozens of massive open online courses share their advice for those teaching them.
"Most are driven mainly by curiosity rather than the desire to show off their certificates to any potential employer, and none has paid for a verified certificate."
"Clarity and organization are key." "Professors are the stars." "Text still matters." "Passion matters most."
'Mr. Seiter agrees that it as possible to learn as much online as in a traditional course, but that to do so usually requires doing optional readings, which most MOOCers skip."
Markus Lauer- ""If you want to become an expert in the field," he says, "I think you need the book."
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May 21, 7:44 AM
Interesting view from Hard Core MOOCers...as much as it may be viewed that "professors are the stars" not sure I like that concept..the subject should be the star and the students should be at the centre.
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Even without college credit, massive open online courses can serve as an introduction to a subject, supplement coursework or offer job retraining. Delete the scoop?
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Education via the Internet has been overrated and could produce more dropouts than degrees. Delete the scoop?
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MOOCs are revolutionary and all, but free online courses for thousands of people at a time still seems like a crazy experiment. Delete the scoop?
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Approval of the Coursera-provided classses could be a major step toward bridging the gap between massive open online courses and traditional higher education. Delete the scoop?
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"In my mind, this is another key milestone in the rapid transformation of MOOCs into the next generation – in combination with Instructure’s launch of the Canvas Network, Udacity’s move to MOOC 2.0, and the American Council on Education’s moves to recommend credits for MOOCs." Via Ronald Voorn & Piet Kommers, Robert Schuwer, verstelle 
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January 26, 3:58 AM
"In my mind, this is another key milestone in the rapid transformation of MOOCs into the next generation – in combination with Instructure’s launch of the Canvas Network, Udacity’s move to MOOC 2.0, and the American Council on Education’s moves to recommend credits for MOOCs." Delete the scoop?
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Massively open online classes (MOOCs) are the single most important technological development of the millennium so far. Via Ronald Voorn & Piet Kommers, verstelle
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February 1, 2:50 AM
Harvard Business Review summary of the MOOC panel discussion at Davos.
Two most remarkable quotes:
Former Harvard President Larry Summer: "The first stage is when it does what was being done before but better. That's what is happening now. But we're going to where we don't need to have two semesters, classes of same length, grading on the basis of things called exams."
Bill Gates: "from a global perspective, all these high numbers of students we're hearing about today, the effective number of people who use them is zero. It's not widely used as a percentage of the global population. Our whole notion of 'credential', which means you went somewhere for a number of hours, needs to move to where you can prove you have the knowledge and the quality of these online courses need to improve. Over the next few years the quality will improve. 90% of these courses will be long forgotten and never viewed. Over the next five years this transformation will be phenomenal but only through a pretty brutal winnowing out process." Delete the scoop?
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#Edu2punto0 | The MOOC Honeymoon is Over: Three Takeaways from the Coursera Calamity: URL: Delete the scoop?
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My MOOC starts today, and last night I took some time to get familiar with the site and see what the course schedule is like. To recap, this is my first-ever MOOC. I signed up for the E-Learning an... Delete the scoop?
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Sebastian Thun announces online masters degree in computer science in collaboration with Georgia Tech and AT&T. Via Olgy Gary Delete the scoop?
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I am now in the homestretch of a Coursera MOOC that lasts eight weeks. At the five-week milestone of a Data Analysis course using the R statistical programming language, I have survived four weekly quizzes and the first written assignment. Via Peter Mellow Delete the scoop?
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Failure to Launch: An unfortunate experience with two MOOCs | Eductechalogy on Technology Enhanced learning curated by Ammar Merhbi (Failure to Launch: An unfortunate experience with two MOOCs | Eductechalogy | Technology Enhanced le Delete the scoop?
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At a recent forum sponsored by Stanford's Graduate School of Education, innovators and experts discussed credits and accountability as online learning and societal shifts transform education. Delete the scoop?
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Educators knew the online revolution would eventually envelop the physical classroom, but a torrent of near-revolutionary developments in the past month are proving that change is coming quicker than anyone imagined. Delete the scoop?
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January 25, 8:39 AM
First of a series of blogposts about experiences in setting up a MOOC. Especially the question "can you use a MOOC to teach people more effectively?" will be central in this series. Delete the scoop?
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Approval of the Coursera-provided classses could be a major step toward bridging the gap between massive open online courses and traditional higher education. Delete the scoop?
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MOOCs are growing in popularity and size, but do students benefit? Delete the scoop?
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