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MOOCs

This guide has been created to provide a central location for the UNI community to learn about MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

MOOC Summary Infographic

The World of Massive Online Courses, Staff Writers, OnlineColleges.net - Click image for a larger version

7 Things You Should Know About...

7 ThingsYou Should Know about MOOCs - Educause

MOOC Timeline

A Timeline of MOOCs
Chronicle of Higher Education, dynamic timeline

Yuan, Li, and Stephen Powell, CC, Wikimedia Commons

Resources

The MOOC Guide
Published under the Creative Commons license that talks about the history of MOOCs

Stephen Downes, CC

Blogs

Education as Platform: The MOOC Experience and what we can do to make it better
Stephen Downes, a senior researcher for Canada's National Research Council
MOOC Mythbuster – What MOOCs are and what they aren’t
Online Learning Insights
MOOCs and Libraries
Gerry McKiernan, Iowa State University