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What Makes a MOOC a MOOC?

ID Reflections

When George Siemens , Dave Cormier and Stephen Downes came up with the concept in 2008, they had a vision of how a “learning design” based on Connectivism could change the face of learning and collaboration. The OER movement was the trigger for the MOOCs then. Refer to Harold Jarche’ blog for a deeper understanding of PKM.

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

link] or [link] December 1, 2010 UNESCO-Commonwealth of Learning Policy Form on Open Educational Resources (OER): Taking OER beyond the OER Community – Policy and Capacity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France. link] July 18-22, 2011 EDUCAUSE Management Program , Boulder, Colorado, USA. link] December ?

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195 posts about MOOCs

Jay Cross

And this is what George Siemens, Rita Kop, Dave Cormier and I have done over a series of six or so Massive Open Online Courses ( MOOCs ) since 2008. From Learning Management to Personal Knowledge Management. MOOCs , OER University, Stanford AI. Contributed to the UNESCO OER discussion list , February 16, 2009.

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Corporate Training Through MOOCs: Everything You Need to Know

ProProfs

Massive open online courses (MOOCs), which date back to 2008, are a game-changing model for delivering online learning content without any limit on attendance. Most MOOCs are easily customizable since they are built using open educational resources (OERs). This is similar to the 23 million learners registered in 2016.