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MOOC :: Massive Open Online Course
xMOOC :: eXtended Massive Open Online Course (Coursera, Udacity, etc)
cMOOC :: Connectivist Massive Open Online Course (early MOOCs)
SPOC :: Self-Paced Open Course
DOCC :: Distributed Online Collaborative Course
SOOC :: Small Open Online Course or Community
mOOC :: mini Open Online Course
Locating MOOCs of All Kinds
MOOCs are a Platform - George Siemens
- Like social media
- Many providers (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
- Let multiple people develop content and apps (University partners, individuals, companies)
University Partnerships
- 5.1 million+ Courserians
- 464 courses
- 92 universities (mostly AAU)
- Coursera begins to generate revenue in first quarter 2013
- 29 universities plus collaboration with Stanford
- 57 courses and collaborations with San Jose State
- "linux of learning" - Anant Agarwal
- Led by the UK Open University (one of the largest in the world)
- Joined by ten other universities
- To launch first MOOCs later this year
Exclusive Companies
- 22 Courses
- Initial courses funded by Google
- Georgia Tech/AT&T Partnership
- Partnership with SJSU
- Non-profit
- Free online tutorials
- "Learn almost anything for free."
Platforms for Anyone
CourseSites & Mooc Platform
- CourseSites = 5 sites for free to anyone
- Blackboard MOOC platform = non-binding and available for current customers
- MOOC Catalog
- Seamless import from standard Blackboard
- Thousands of courses
- Open to all - both to create and to take
- More than 30 courses
- Includes self-paced
- From Canvas subscribers at first
- Now open to any
- 6,000 classes
- More than 500,000 enrolled since startup in 2010
- Entrepreneurial approach - set your own price
What is driving the rapid deployment and expansion?
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