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Dave Cormier on what Moocs mean to him. Good background and miles away from the Udacity hype.

"It was just 18 months ago that we were living in the "Year of the MOOC." Massive open online courses-MOOC for short-were supposed to revolutionize the way people learned and deliver high-quality education to the masses. But the idea faced a tough 2013. The co-founder of Udacity, an early pioneer in free online education, admitted that his company initially had a "lousy product," while studies showed that hardly any students were actually completing the courses offered by such services at all."

Very well thought out exposition on how the 'openness' concept has been confused and damaged by the MOOC phenomena. Preview of a chapter to be published in Bonk's book MOOC and Open Education around the world.

Post in a series describing how to create a Mooc.

good overview of MOOcs including some useful infographics and a great movie poster! 

John Daniels takes a critical lens to Moocs and looks at the hype and the reality.

New MOOC portal at Uni Amsterdam.

Short description of the components of a Mooc.

"That the acronym MOOCs rhymes with "nukes" seems apt. Massive open online courses, or MOOCs - led by two profit-making start-ups, Coursera and Udacity, founded by entrepreneurial Stanford professors - are a new disruptive force in education. "

CETIS paper on MOOCS and Open Education. General focus on xMoocs as a disruptive influence and passing mention of cMoocs.

Dave Kernohan on Moocs and the Universities UK report - a quick and dirty response when it was released.

Interesting - A US academic says that Coursera should run a MOOC on how its own business model could ruin education!

Downes on Mooc quality and why common measurements are flawed.

Report on GTech offereing a Masters in ComSci for $7000 all by MOOC.

"'Massive open online courses: Higher Education's digital moment?' tracks the development of MOOCs from a small selection of specialist courses to major online platforms, offering hundreds of courses with millions of users.  The report explores MOOCs' surge in popularity and discusses whether this signals the beginning of a significant transformation in higher education, similar to those seen in other sectors, such as the newspaper industry. It pulls together the recent trends in online education delivery and looks at how universities can respond to the changing online environment."

"Massive Online Open Course for Educators, or MOOC-Eds, are professional development experiences that will engage you in new technology-enabled learning opportunities that are becoming widely used for both adults and students"

A list of 8 types of Mooc from Donald B Clark

Clark sets the cat among the pigeons with this post arguing that Moocs are the best thing since sliced bread. He's always prepared to mix it up and there are some astute observaions in here. What is missing is what the landscape will look like in 1 or 2 years.

FOE Mooc reporting.

Article wondering about the negative side of Moocs. No great insights though.