Udacity's SEBASTIAN THRUN, Godfather of Free Online Learning Education, Changes Course
He captivated the world with visions of self-driving cars and Google Glass and has signed up 1.6 millions students for online classes. So why is he pivoting away from MOOCS? "WE DON'T EDUCATE PEOPLE AS OTHERS WISHED, OR AS I WISHED," Thrun says.
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
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