Thursday, July 19, 2018

How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching - Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge

There isn’t a New York Times bestseller list for online courses, but perhaps there should be. After all, so-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, were meant to open education to as many learners as possible, and in many ways they are more like books (digital ones, packed with videos and interactive quizzes) than courses.  The colleges and companies offering MOOCs can be pretty guarded these days about releasing specific numbers on how many people enroll or pay for a “verified certificate” or microcredential showing they took the course. But both Coursera and EdX, two of the largest providers, do release lists of their most popular courses. And those lists offer a telling snapshot of how MOOCs are evolving and what their impact is on the instructors and institutions offering them. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-06-19-how-blockbuster-moocs-could-shape-the-future-of-teaching