MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are growing in popularity and being offered by major universities. Coursera hosts courses from top universities like Stanford, UC Berkeley, and the University of Pennsylvania. Udacity offers computer science courses that have enrolled over 160,000 students. Some MOOCs offer credits at the university level. Longwood University is developing interactive online courses with gaming elements to increase student engagement. BadgeStack recognizes student achievements in MOOCs and helps build community. State education departments are also embracing MOOCs. While MOOCs increase access to education, issues around costs, credits, and quality still need to be addressed.

1. MOOCs
(Massive Open Online Courses)

2. A sampling of the current state of the
MOOC

3. Udemy
Making no bones about it, the ‘about’ blurb on the home page of the Udemy
Site states, “Our goal is to disrupt and democratize education by enabling
anyone to learn From the world’s experts.”

4. Coursera
This growing powerhouse in the world of MOOCs, Coursera currently hosts
Courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of
California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of
Pennsylvania.

5. Udacity
Offering only a Handful of course, all in the computer sciences field. Founded by
three Roboticists who Believed that much of the educational value of their
university classes could be offered Online, over 160,000 students enrolled in their
first offering, “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence.” Pretty impressive.

6. Creativity & Multicultural Communication from SUNY Empire State College
This Course was offered as both a MOOC and a for-credit course at the same time.

7. Change.mooc.a
This course is just wrapping up, and has leveraged a mix of over 30
Innovative thinkers, researchers, and scholars from the field of instructional
technology, from 11 different countries.

8. The course consists of 5
modules

9. Weeks 1 & 2
Projecting the best you – communication and
presentation skills

10. Weeks 3 & 4
Playing well with others (the interpersonal)

11. Weeks 5 & 6
Internalizing the habits of successful people (the
intrapersonal)

12. Weeks 7 & 8
Training your brain to make great choices
(critical thinking)

13. Weeks 9 & 10
Navigating the path to put your best professional
foot forward

14. Dr. Nicholas Langlie

15. Director of Planning, Innovation, and Implementation for the
College of Graduate and Professional Studies at Longwood. He
explained how Longwood is “establishing a new paradigm for
learning in education … we have created an interactive online
course that incorporates gaming elements to increase engagement
and foster retention.”

16. Jonathan Finkelstein

17. Director of the BadgeStack project stated that, “this MOOC is an
example of why we created BadgeStack.BadgeStack played a vital
role in the development and delivery of this course. BadgeStack
“an innovative system with a game-like approach that assesses
skills, recognizes learner achievement, sparks community, and
excites learners of all ages.”

18. Virginia Department of Education

19. Has embraced this project, promoting it on the front
page of their web site for a while and putting together
enthusiastic promotional materials

20. MOOCs
MOOCs have been a very hot topic throughout 2012, and the
momentum keeps building. A key Development in the latter half
of the year has been increased effort by many colleges to
Determine how to offer credit for completed massive online open
courses.

21. “The Widening World of Massive Open Course”
(Http://www.Onlinecolleges.Net/2012/07/11/the-world-of-massive-open-
online-courses/)
This info graphic provides insights into why
MOOCs are becoming so popular, some benefits
and Some issues, major providers, and more.

22. “The Evolution of Distance
Learning”
(Http://www.Evolution-of-distance-learning.Com/)
This is not a traditional info graphic, but rather an interactive one. Scroll down through it to
Reveal the nuggets of information associated with each year in the image, starting with
1892
(When the University of Chicago created the first college-level distance learning program) all
the
Way through to 2035 (where it is predicted that individuals minds will, “Converge and
Communicate through bioengineered technologies …”).

23. “Tomorrow’s College Will Be Free
(or Else)”
(Http://www.Onlineclasses.Org/2012/10/22/mooc/)
This info graphic makes the case for MOOCs with a rather negative spin on
college In general. While its certainly valid to question the cost of some
degrees in comparison to Potential earnings they can bring, painting a
picture of college as generally not worth the investment in misleading.

24. Thank you!!!
Prepared by:
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Oranza, janet
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Mr. Benjamin Ramirez
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