Massive open online course/External Links

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A hand-picked, annotated list of Web resources about Massive open online course.
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Data and Statistics

Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac - Technology (2014)

"Doctoral institutions were more than five times as likely as baccalaureate colleges to offer massive open online courses. Two-year colleges were the least likely to offer such courses." MOOC Status by Institution Type, 2013

Key personnel

Dave Cormier is credited with coining the term "MOOC" in 2008.
George Siemens is credited as being a co-founders of Connectivism in 2005.
Stephen Downes is credited as being a co-founders of Connectivism in 2005.

Learning strategies

Open for Learning: The CMS and the Open Learning Network (Jon Mott, David Wiley)

MOOC platforms

cMOOC (Connectivist) Offerings

Peer to Peer University
School of Data
Udemy

xMOOC (Sponsored/Commercial) Vendors

Coursera
edX
uDacity

News

Optimism About MOOCs Fades in Campus IT Offices (2014/10/01): Campus Computing Survey shows agreement that MOOCs "offer a viable model for the effective delivery of online instruction" drops over ten points to 38% of respondents.