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MOOCs: A myth for the masses? Not so much

Aaron Wolowiec

An infographic by Online-PhD-Programs.org summarizing MOOCs. Massive Open Online Courses – or MOOCs – seem to be all the rage. And why not, when learning is just a click way? MOOCs are online classes that are available to anyone with a computer and/or Internet access. Some MOOCs are free, but others aren’t.

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Association Brain Food: 5.12.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Non Dues-a-Palooza (NDP). It’s not until early September, but put NDP on your radar. Learning business. WBT Systems describes how for-profit learning platforms, like the MOOCs Coursera and EdX, make their money. Newsletters.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. To wit, we in online learning are often in the business of managing transactions.

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The State of Association E-Learning: Cloudy with a Chance of Sunshine

WBT Systems

The future looks bright for association e-learning. The growing lifelong learning market provides plenty of opportunity. However, one missing element is clouding the picture for associations. One weakness is holding associations back from reaching their market potential and becoming lifelong learning powerhouses.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Association Education Programs

WBT Systems

We have come across several interesting articles in the past couple of weeks, which discuss some of the social, political and economic changes that are currently impacting how we work and learn. Six Issues Associations Are Having Difficulty Responding To. Mobile technology changes everything, and makes associations nervous.

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Learning from Big Learning: 15 Lessons

Leading Learning

In case you haven’t noticed, online learning has become big business – more so, and much more credibly so than back in the mid 90s when I joined my first e-learning start-up. The MOOC 3. I’ll start with the three big massive open online courses (MOOC) organizations – Coursera , EdX , and Udacity.

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Life goes on…and so does learning

Aaron Wolowiec

MSU, like many universities around the country, offers lifelong learning credits. Lifelong learning seems to be on the upswing as curious minds look for answers. But sometimes, universities don’t fit the bill, which is where associations should step in. And so, Cobb said, associations should beef up their education staffs.

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