Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

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Are Universities Making a Global Shift to Open Source Education?

You've probably heard of MIT's OpenCourseWare program by now; or at least, you will have heard that some universities are offering versions of their courses online for free. But what does that even mean? That anybody with an Internet connection can now get a Bachelor's degree from MIT? The answer is still, more or less, "it's complicated"...

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Beyond MOOC Hype

Ry Rivard | Inside Higher Ed | July 9, 2013

As scores of colleges rush to offer free online classes, the mania over massive open online courses may be slowing down. Even top proponents of MOOCs are acknowledging critical questions remain unanswered, and are urging further study. Read More »

California's Move Toward MOOCs Sends Shock Waves, But Key Questions Remain Unanswered

Lee Gardner and Jeffrey R. Young | The Chronicle of Higher Education | March 14, 2013

Supporters of newly proposed legislation in California hope to reduce the number of students shut out of key courses by forging an unprecedented partnership between traditional public colleges and online-education upstarts. But on Wednesday specific details of how the deal would work were hard to pin down. Read More »

EdX Announces Partnership With Google To Expand Open Source Platform

Press Release | edX | September 10, 2013

Google will collaborate with edX on MOOC.org, new destination and hosting site for online learning Read More »

EdX Goes Open Source To Woo MOOC Developers

Michael Fitzgerald | InformationWeek | June 6, 2013

Will edX's decision to release its full source code attract more contributors to the Harvard/MIT-backed massive open online course platform? Read More »

Harvard MOOC: Patient Safety And Quality With Ashish Jha

Ashish Jha | The Health Care Blog | May 15, 2014

Last year, about 43 million people around the globe were injured from the hospital care that was intended to help them; as a result, many died and millions suffered long-term disability...

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India has the second largest enrollment in Online Education in the world

Venkata Susmita Biswas | The Hindu | September 1, 2013

edX’s open source platform has become a favoured massive online open course (MOOC) destination for students from India. Read More »

Massive Open Online Courses - Threat Or Opportunity?

David Grossman | BBC News | July 1, 2013

Can online courses with large-scale interactive participation and open access via the web replace face-to-face teaching in a traditional university setting? Newsnight's David Grossman examines the rise of massive open online courses (Moocs). Read More »

Massive open online courses emerge as corporate training option

David Essex | Search Financial Applications | October 11, 2013

Generally unpopular with users and now facing competition from massive open online courses, once-stodgy learning management systems are being reinvented with cloud, social and mobile technology Read More »

Massive Open Online Healthcare (MOOH)

Richard Gunderman | The Atlantic | July 10, 2013

Just as the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) has revolutionized education at all levels, so the MOOH (Massive Open Online Healthcare) is about to revolutionize the nation's healthcare system, Read More »

Massively Open Online Medicine

David Harlow | The Health Care Blog | May 6, 2013

The new darling of the online educational community is Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The example which figures most prominently in the popular imagination is the Khan Academy, though its founder says otherwise, noting that MOOCs are merely online transplantations of traditional courses, while Khan Academy offers something different. Read More »

MOOCs - Massive Open Online Courses: Jumping On The Bandwidth

Steve Caplan | The Guardian | June 6, 2013

The idea of massive open online courses [MOOC] is becoming increasingly popular. Technology can't be stopped, but educators must assure that these courses meet academic standards Read More »

MOOCs And The Future Of Russian History In America

Joshua Sanborn | Russian History Blog | January 7, 2013

At the most recent Slavic Studies convention, I was talking with an old friend about the advent of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). [...] It is already clear that at big-time universities folks are beginning to be concerned that a failure to develop MOOCs could bring real harm to their profile and reputation at home and abroad. Read More »

MOOCs On The Move From Colleges To Companies

Donna Wells | Wired | July 19, 2013

If you’re one of the 1,000 lucky people worldwide who are: 1. Accepted to Harvard; 2. Successful in scoring a seat in Professor Michael Sandel’s wildly popular Justice course there; and 3. Wealthy enough to pay the $7,500 in tuition that it effectively costs you … Congratulations! Read More »

MOOCs Open Top Universities to the World

Sean Sinico | DW | January 3, 2013

An emerging form of online education, called massive open online courses, provides access to renowned universities to people around the world. But can it improve the education of students in developing countries? Read More »