Response to critiques of Open Course Educause article and the free economy generally @ ... - 1 views
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what is the difference between the MOOC model and the commodity model.
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Nils Peterson on 09 Aug 10And what is the difference between a Massively Open Online Course and a community exploring a shared problem? There is a time factor (perhaps) but communities may run hot and fast. There is a leadership role (perhaps) but a community could galvanize around a leader for its work. There is an institution and a tie to the historical other meanings of course.
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Earlier this year, while George Siemens and I were working our way through teaching the Edfutures course, we were contacted by the fine folks at the Educause review and asked to contribute an article on ‘the open course.
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see http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume45/NeverMindtheEdupunksorTheGreat/209326 MOOC below refers (I think) to Massively Open Online Course
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Cormier shares a back channel to the Edcause Review article