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An interview with the people who ran (run) Mooc Mooc - a Mooc about Moocs.

Grainne Conole proposes 12 dimesions for better classification of MOOCs. the degree of openness, the scale of participation (massification), the amount of use of multimedia, the amount of communication, the extent to which collaboration is included, the type of learner pathway (from learner centred to teacher-centred and highly structured), the level of quality assurance, the extent to which reflection is encouraged, the level of assessment, how informal or formal it is, autonomy, and diversity. She then evaluates five example MOOCs against these dimensions.

Sufai John Mac on Moocs and some of the negative comments about them.

Memes on moocs - 2 images taking a dig at the mooc hype.

Feed from Downes on Moocs and list of past Moocs.

the Year of the MOOC -excellent summary of MOOCish stuf for 2012 including a timeline of what happened through the year and some history of MOOCs 

"While I am not a huge fan of MOOCs (See, "MOOCs - The Opium of the Masses," I think that there is one area in which they might actually be extremely useful - ongoing teacher professional development (PD). They are a good fit to help meet a very specific need, which they could do quite well given teachers' experience with education."

"MOOCs, MIT and Magic" Tony Bates is a critical voice at a session at MIT on Moocs and edX.

Analysis of MOOC pedagogy in relation to designing a MOOC for Cousera on el-learning and technology by the teachers and researchera associated with the MSc in elearning at the University of Edinburgh.

Different tracks online students take with MOOCs e.g. do the bits which clear up the muddy points in the topic, take the course because the professor is famous, want to find out what MOOCs are like etc. These are the students lumped together as 'drop-outs' and unpacking their experience shows useful learning takes place, but they don't complete the course.

Article refutes five commom myths about MOOCs 1. Fail to engage students in effective pedagogical practices 2. Deny students mentoring experiences with scholars passionate about their research 3. Lack the rigor of an on-campus curriculum 4.Provide, at best, superficial and narrowly defined training rather than deep understanding 5.Are an attempt to replace faculty"

Post by Downes describing his thinking about where Moocs were and what should come next - the PLE. And why MOOCs need to recognise the individual.

FOE vs EDC moocs - a learning approach comparison.

A survey of academics who taught on Coursera and Udacity Moocs and their perceptions.

The Chronicle with more surface stuff on MOOCs. There's very little to learn about Mooc design except don't make instructions ambiguous (with which I totally agree!)

Great piece on the new mooc movement. Worth engaging with.

Account of usage levels research in Moocs comparing 3 differently sized cohorts in the same mooc instance.

FOE Mooc analysis

critique of MOOcs and the direction MOOCs will take us in especially in higher education

"Daphne Koller, one of the two founders of Coursera, describes some of the key features of the Coursera MOOCs, and the lessons she has learned to date about teaching and learning from these courses. The video is well worth watching, just for this."

Tony Bates critique of Coursera and Koller's take on Moocs.