The Game of MOOCs

THE GAME OF MOOCSDr. Charles SeveranceUniversity of Michigan School of InformationE-LEARN 2015 – World Conference on E-Learning21-October-2015

The Short Version of This Talk

Universities around the world are very busy using various types of involvement in the MOOC movement as a way to reimagine how teaching is done and what it means to teach.

The results for most organizations involved so far are nearly all positive.

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THAT WAS ONE COURSE.

http://blog.coursera.org/post/66959529107/add-coursera-accomplishments-to-your-linkedin

This morning at Disrupt SF, Coursera’s president Daphne Koller pushed back against the notion that her company is a for-profit education company: In her view, Coursera is instead a for-profit technology company.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/10/coursera-president-daphne-koller-2014-is-the-year-moocs-will-come-of-age/