This document discusses the opportunities and challenges of MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) for libraries. It provides an overview of MOOCs, including popular platforms like Coursera and edX. As both a MOOC student and librarian, the author reflects on their personal experiences. The document outlines several ways libraries can get involved with MOOCs, such as contributing to course design and content access, and providing reference services. It also discusses collaboration opportunities between libraries and MOOC institutions.

1. MOOCs and Libraries: Massively
Open Online Courses or Maybe
Others Ought to Create?
Jesse Koennecke - Head, Electronic
Resources - Cornell University Library

2. MOOCs & Libraries
• General MOOC info
• Personal experiences as a MOOC student and
as a librarian
• Library involvement
o A few areas libraries can make a difference
o Being part of a MOOC institution not necessarily required
o Collaboration opportunities

3. MOOC Movement
• What is a MOOC?
o Massive, Open, Online
• Current environment
o Coursera, edX, uDacity
o Khan Academy
o Others
• Cost/benefit to institution
o Replacement for any on-site curriculum?
o Revenue
• Meanwhile, back in Philadelphia
o "MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge?"
to Be Broadcast Online 18-19 March

4. My MOOCs

5. Personal Experiences
• As a MOOC student
o Teaching styles
o New territory
o Information access
• Cornell MOOCs?
o On the verge - planning, planning, planning
o Six Pretty Good Books: Explorations in Social Science
o Library involvement

6. Play to Your Strengths
• Course development
Get involved
• Content Access
ER&L bread and butter?
• Services
Rethink existing ideas
• Spaces
Library as an incubator for changing
learning patterns

7. Course Design
• Get involved
• Usability
o Evolving concept
o Cognitive walkthrough
• MOOCs often based on an existing course
o Will there be a connection to on-site courses or students?

8. Content Access
• Licensed
o Some publishers have been open to licensing in this
environment
• Open Access
• Copyright
• Fair Use?

9. Open Source Content
"I see this open-source book not as something which
is "free and worth every penny", but rather, as a high
quality alternative to the business as usual of the
textbook industry and I hope that you agree."
- Jeff Zeager
Open textbook for Coursera Algebra course.
Stitz, Carl and Zeager, Jeff. (2011). College Algebra (Version = 3). Open Textbook. http://stitz-
zeager.com/Precalculus/Stitz_Zeager_Open_Source_Precalculus_files/SZCA07152011.pdf

10. Services
• Reference
• Information Literacy
o Copyrights in MOOCs
o MOOC Terms of Use
• Is the MOOC part of your institutions
curriculum is some way?

11. Embedded Librarians?
I imagine librarians joining MOOCs and not just
serving a traditional role (let me guide you to some
info) but genuinely becoming a part of the course (let’s
build and learn together.) This is a chance for us to
present ourselves as public thinkers, public learners,
public instructors, and public knowledge makers. This
is an opportunity to fully participate in the total
learning process—or at least a greater share of it. I
want students, faculty, and others seeing librarians as
partners, collaborators, experts, and fellow learners.
Not just the keepers of the proxy.
Brian Matthews - The Ubiquitous Librarian
Matthews, Brian. (2012, July 27). MOOC Fluency – some advice for future librarians.
Blog entry: http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/theubiquitouslibrarian/

12. Spaces
• Library as an incubator for changing
learning patterns
• MOOC destination
• Collaborative spaces, computer/internet
access, information access
• Stamp of approval?
o Coursera Signature Track

14. How and why
does the library
get here?
• Public
• Academic
• School
• Special

19. Collaboration
• Is this work scalable?
o To 3 courses? How about 100?
o To 500 students? How about 50,000?
• edX
o Asked themselves these kinds of questions
o Working together: edX Library Collaboration
 WG on Content Accessibility
 WG on Research Skills

20. More Information
MOOCs, General Information
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) . EDUCAUSE Library.
http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc
Kolowich, Steve. (2012, October 16). Texas MOOCs for Credit? Blog Entry: Inside
Higher Ed. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/10/16/u-texas-aims-use-moocs-
reduce-costs-increase-completion#.UH07uLttCAw.email
MOOCs and Libraries
"MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge?" to Be
Broadcast Online 18-19 March - http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2013/02-11.html
Butler, Brandon. ISSUE BRIEF: Massive Open Online Courses: Legal and Policy Issues
for Research Libraries. ARL. http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/issuebrief-mooc-22oct12.pdf
Matthews, Brian. (2012, July 27). MOOC Fluency – some advice for future librarians.
Blog entry: http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/theubiquitouslibrarian/