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MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses, are often presented as something completely different from distance education. In 2011, Stanford University launched a free Into artificial intelligence course with enrollment reaching approximately 160,000 students. This was a beginning of a phenomenon which has been coined Massive Open Online Courses.

Massive Open Universities

Today massive open universities exist and draw hundreds of thousands of students: * Turkey (over 1 million students) * Indonesia, * South Africa * Pakistan * India * Thailand * Bangladesh * Nigeria

According to UNESCO, there are over 21 million students enrolled in distance education programs in developing countries.

See more at: http://www.tonybates.ca/2013/10/23/is-there-a-future-for-distance-education/#sthash.FJrUbISb.dpuf

Open Universities

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The U.K. Open University has more than 250,000 students. Unfortunately, due to cuts to governmental funding, the U.K. Open University is facing severe challenges today.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Dutch Open University - over 250,000 students have taken part in its courses since it was established in 1984.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Athabasca University in Canada has 30,000 students.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The University of Maryland University College has about 100,000 distance education enrollments, many of whom are U.S. servicemen.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The University of Southern New Hampshire has 25,000 online distance students. The Babson College/Sloan annual surveys show fully online learning – thus a form of distance education – still growing in the U.S.A at a rate of over 10% per annum, with one in three students in the USA taking at least one fully online course.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">See more at: http://www.tonybates.ca/2013/10/23/is-there-a-future-for-distance-education/#sthash.FJrUbISb.dpuf

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MOOCs

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MOOCs are often presented as something completely different from distance education.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> See more at: [|__http://www.tonybates.ca/2013/10/23/is-there-a-future-for-distance-education/#sthash.FJrUbISb.dpuf__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MOOCs—Massive Open Online Courses—the new buzzword.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Andrew Ng, Director, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab and Co-Founder of Coursera, says “When one professor can teach 50,000 people, it alters the economics of education.”

[|__http://www.tatainteractive.com/pdf/Designing%20MOOCs%20%20-%20A%20White%20Paper%20on%20ID%20for%20MOOCs.pdf__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stanford University's Learning Analytics group identified in their study completion rate in high school is higher 27% in comparison with UG - 8%, and GS - only 5%.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Deconstructing Disengagement: Analyzing Learner Subpopulations in Massive Open Online Courses <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.stanford.edu/~cpiech/bio/papers/deconstructingDisengagement.pdf

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MacKay, R.F. (11 April 2013). "Learning analytics at Stanford takes huge leap forward with MOOCs". Stanford Report. Stanford University. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

[|__http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/april/online-learning-analytics-041113.html__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">__MOOCs in High School__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">High school use MOOCs as free resource to supplement their curriculum and allow students to customize their learning. Also, completion if MOOCs is a great indicator that students are ready for college-level courses.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Some MOOCs are self-study allowing students to work at their own pace. However, most MOOCs are deadline driven and challenging - requiring from students fair amount of time and commitment. Based on our experience, students are drawn to take MOOCs and determined to complete them with a goal to receive a Statement of Accomplishment from the Ivy League universities to add them to their college portfolios.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Broward College offers a MOOC as a primer in college-level reading, writing and math to help students prepare for a state-required college readiness exam. Since the course began in June, half of the participants have been Broward County high school students. With a $300,000 state Department of Education grant, the college is developing additional MOOCs that are game-based and aimed at increasing college readiness. Those courses should be available statewide in fall 2014. - See more at: [|__http://www.redefinedonline.org/2013/12/high-school-students-try-out-moocs/#sthash.WQ6xGOy0.dpuf__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Some MOOCs are projected to be offered for credit with online proctored exams

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Usually information in MOOCs delivered in 15-minute segments and paused to offer students quizzes.

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The first generation of MOOCs were classified as cMOOCs (or connectivism MOOCs)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MOOCs modeled to a more traditional course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">xMOOCs is interactive model

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(source - MOOC Youself)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Open Education movement described by Liyoshi and Kumar (2008). I focus on open technology, open content and open knowledge. In April/May 2011 MobiMOOC was organized by Inge Ignatia de Waard.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Famous open learning initiatives

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Carnegie Mellon Open Education Initiative started in 2002

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MITs Opencourseware orif if concept site was launched

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Purdue University []

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The future of education Moocs []

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MOOCs Raising [|http://www.nature.com/news/online-learning-campus-2-0-1.12590#/rising]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">99 innovations <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[[@http://Purdue%20University%20http://www.classesandcareers.com/education/2011/03/09/purdue-university-announces-plans-to-expand-its-distance-learning-program/%20%20The%20future%20of%20education%20Moocs%20http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/03/the-future-of-education%20%20MOOCs%20Raising%20http://www.nature.com/news/online-learning-campus-2-0-1.12590#/rising%20%20%2099%20innovations%20http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/education-based-innovations%20%20gerd%20futuristic%20http://www.slideshare.net/gleonhard/technology-and-future-education-university-dehaagse-gerd-leonhard-ss%20Gerd%20speaker%20A-%20lots%20of%20info%20http://www.futuristgerd.com/speaking/2014-speaking-topics-the-future-of-humanity/%20Read%20about%20the%20experience%20and%20approaches%20of%20other%20faculty%20who%20have%20taught%20MOOCs%20Learn%20from%20colleagues%20at%20other%20institutions%20who%20have%20already%20created%20a%20MOOC.%20Their%20experience%20will%20help%20you%20be%20informed%20about%20the%20time,%20effort,%20and%20rewards%20of%20teaching%20a%20MOOC.%20Some%20suggestions%20are:%20The%20Professors%20Who%20Make%20the%20MOOCs,%20Steve%20Kolowich,%20The%20Chronicle%20of%20Higher%20Education%20http://chronicle.com/article/The-Professors-Behind-the-MOOC/137905/#id=overview%20%20Teaching%20Tips%20From%20a%20Master%20MOOC-Maker,%20http://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/teaching-tips-from-a-master-mooc-maker/%20%20%20Debbie%20Morrison%20reporting%20on%20Maria%20Andersen%E2%80%99s%20presentation%20at%20the%20Sloan-C%20Symposium%20about%20her%20experience%20designing%20and%20delivering%20a%20MOOC%20(Maria%E2%80%99s%20slides%20are%20available%20here:%20Teach%20a%20MOOC%E2%80%A6what%20are%20you,%20crazy?)%20http://www.slideshare.net/wyandersen/teach-a-mooc-crazy-talk-sloan-c%20%20Clearing%20Up%20Some%20Myths%20About%20MOOCs,%20Cathy%20Davidson%20on%20her%20experience%20preparing%20to%20teach%20a%20MOOC%20http://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2013/06/11/clearing-some-myths-about-moocs%20%20%20The%20MOOC%20Model%20for%20Digital%20Practice,%20a%20guide%20written%20by%20faculty%20who%20taught%20some%20of%20the%20first%20MOOCs%20http://davecormier.com/edblog/wp-content/uploads/MOOC_Final.pdf%20%20%20http://facdevblog.niu.edu/tips-for-designing-a-massive-open-online-course-mooc%20%20%20http://chronicle.com/article/The-Professors-Behind-the-MOOC/137905/#id=overview%20%20%20http://www.tw.org/newwaves/64/3-6.html|http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/education-based-innovations]]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gerd futuristic <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@http://www.slideshare.net/gleonhard/technology-and-future-education-university-dehaagse-gerd-leonhard-ss

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gerd speaker A- lots of info <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@http://www.futuristgerd.com/speaking/2014-speaking-topics-the-future-of-humanity/

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Read about the experience and approaches of other faculty who have taught MOOCs <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Learn from colleagues at other institutions who have already created a MOOC. Their experience will help you be informed about the time, effort, and rewards of teaching a MOOC.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Professors Who Make the MOOCs, Steve Kolowich, The Chronicle of Higher Education <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://chronicle.com/article/The-Professors-Behind-the-MOOC/137905/#id=overview

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teaching Tips From a Master MOOC-Maker, [|__http://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/teaching-tips-from-a-master-mooc-maker/__]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Debbie Morrison reporting on Maria Andersen’s presentation at the Sloan-C Symposium about her experience designing and delivering a MOOC (Maria’s slides are available here: Teach a MOOC…what are you, crazy?) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@http://www.slideshare.net/wyandersen/teach-a-mooc-crazy-talk-sloan-c

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Clearing Up Some Myths About MOOCs, Cathy Davidson on her experience preparing to teach a MOOC []

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The MOOC Model for Digital Practice, a guide written by faculty who taught some of the first MOOCs []

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[|http://chronicle.com/article/The-Professors-Behind-the-MOOC/137905/#id=overview]

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