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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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Wednesday Buzz: Use MOOCs to Build Community

Associations Now

Does your association provide massive open online courses (MOOCs) or virtual continuing education courses to members? — 360 Live Media (@360LiveMedia) July 12, 2017. The post Wednesday Buzz: Use MOOCs to Build Community appeared first on Associations Now. Taking an online class can be solitary experience.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

People who learned all this for the first time in 2017 were wading in the mucky waters of the Trough of Disillusionment, trying not to get pulled under. MOOCs: We will go against the grain a bit here and argue that MOOCs AREN’T DEAD. All the MOOCs out there. Plateau of Productivity. Our evidence? Conclusion.

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Report: Where Association Learning Technology Is Going

Associations Now

“Association Learning + Technology 2017,” a new report from Tagoras sponsored by Community Brands, makes the case that many associations have yet to work emerging kinds of learning into their offerings—though many are looking into it. But what about all the other online education options out there?

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The Market for Adult Lifelong Learning

Leading Learning

In 2017, The Economist declared lifelong learning an “economic imperative,” and it has hardly been the only publication in mainstream and business presses to insist on the importance of learning in a world where the scale, scope, and speed of change seem much higher than ever before. billion in 2015.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

That same year saw the launch of Barbara Oakley’s massive open online course, or MOOC, Learning How to Learn , on Coursera. One watershed moment in this shift was when the venerable business publication The Economist ran a special report in 2017 proclaiming that “ Lifelong learning is becoming an economic imperative.” Taylor here.).

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