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Wake Up to Educating the Future Workforce

Associations Now

At the 2013 Digital Now conference , in multiple presentations—none of which were ostensibly related—the topic of education kept arising. In another session, participants discussed the rise of Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Then, eventually, I see the time and realize I’m running late, and my morning begins in a rush.

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Learning from Big Learning: 15 Lessons

Leading Learning

Venture capital firms have jumped back into the game head first, massive open online course (MOOC) providers, originally rooted in universities, have gone public or been bought , and big Web firms like LinkedIn and Google have become major players. The MOOC 3. Yes, I know: most people sign up for MOOCs and never complete them.

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