In a MOOC Mystery, a Course Suddenly Vanishes - Steve Kolowich, Chronicle of Higher Ed

The MOOC, called “Teaching Goes Massive: New Skills Required,” was taught by Paul-Olivier Dehaye, a lecturer at the University of Zurich. Offered through Coursera, the course had been conceived of as a meta-MOOC designed to help disoriented educators find their feet in the online landscape. On Wednesday, Mr. Dehaye “unexpectedly deleted all of the course content from the site, without explanation, leading to significant confusion among the learners,” Daphne Koller, president of Coursera, said in a written statement on Monday. Some observers speculated that the lecturer was trying to conduct some kind of social experiment. http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/in-a-mooc-mystery-a-course-suddenly-vanishes/53767