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10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs

WBT Systems

An online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry , aka ModPo, is one of the 50 most popular MOOCs of all time. Typically, a MOOC features a course syllabus, in this case, a ten-week lesson plan with assigned reading (poems), instructor-created video content, discussion forum, peer-reviewed writing assignments, and quizzes.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

Innovation Trigger. The concept of distributed ledgers has usefulness outside of its thriving use in financial transactions and currency speculation, and it is actively triggering innovation in healthcare IT. MOOCs: We will go against the grain a bit here and argue that MOOCs AREN’T DEAD. All the MOOCs out there.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

This list is part of their Data Science Career Guide , a six-part series recommending the best online courses and MOOCs for people entering the data science industry. What online courses (including your own) and MOOCs would you recommend to people entering (or thinking about entering) your industry or profession? More info/register.

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Finding Radical Value in Core Competencies

Association Subculture

Regardless, the major innovations associations are seeking may not always be in completely new territory, but in having the courage and fortitude to effectively meet the challenges we have been presented with in our areas of core competency that have compelling possibilities in these new markets that are presenting themselves.

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Association Brain Food: 5.12.23

Reid All About it

WBT Systems describes how for-profit learning platforms, like the MOOCs Coursera and EdX, make their money. WBT shares seven MOOC business model strategies you should definitely steal. I love the idea of a small, focused conference where you can actually get to know people, so I hope to meet many of you there. Learning business.

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How Associations Can Transform Higher Education

Reid All About it

Thanks to MOOCs , many people around the world are patching together a college-level education by taking classes from Brown, Penn, UVA, Harvard and other respected universities. What if organizations, like associations, help people put together a curriculum from various online sources such as MOOCs and associations?

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Mastering Your Craft

Thanks For Playing

Enter MOOCs ( massive open online courses ). Right now, MOOCs are great - take classes from an Ivy for free! - "But," you ask, "what happens when she realizes that she does need a class in biology (for medicine) or trigonometry (for carpentry)? And she didn't go to college!" In other words, it's not a degree program.

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