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Big 3 MOOC Providers Turning One Year Old
We are in the middle of the first anniversary of the creation of the big 3 MOOC providers (Coursera, Udacity, edX). Sebastian Thrun announced the creation of Udacity on January 23, 2012 as described by Reuters. Daphne Koller and Andrew … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education, Notable Posts, Openness
Tagged Blackboard, Coursera, EdX, first anniversary, LMS, Miami Dade College, MOOC, OpenClass, Pearson, Udacity, xpLOR
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Six Ways the edX Announcement Gets Automated Essay Grading Wrong
Last week, edX made a splashy spectacle of an announcement about automated essay grading, leaving educators fuming. Let’s rethink their claims. “Give Professors a break,” the New York Times suggested in this joint press release from edX, Harvard, and MIT. … Continue reading
The Most Thorough Summary (to date) of MOOC Completion Rates
How many times have you heard the statement that ‘MOOCs have a completion rate of 10%’ or ‘MOOCs have a completion rate of less than 10%’? The meme seems to have developed a life of its own, but try to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, Notable Posts, Openness
Tagged completion rate, Coursera, EdX, Higher Ed, MOOC, Udacity
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MOOCs in 2012: Dismantling the Status Quo
The dominant story in higher education for 2012 was clearly the rise of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), particularly the xMOOCs such as Coursera, Udacity, and edX. There has been a lot of debate on the merits of xMOOCs in … Continue reading
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Tagged EdX, Harvard, higher education, MIT, MOOC, Satir change model, Stanford, xMOOC
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Is Coursera Facebook, Amazon, or Pets.com?
Before I get started, let me just say that Phil can vouch for the fact that I had already planned to use “Pets.com” in the title of this post before MIT Technology Review used it in their article on Minerva. As … Continue reading
