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Could Remixing Old MOOCs Give New Life to Free Online Education?

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It’s common these days to hear that free online mega-courses, called MOOCs, failed to deliver on their promise of educating the masses. Now, one of the first professors to try out MOOCs says he has a way to reuse bits and pieces of the courses created during that craze in a way that might deliver on the initial promise.

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What’s an HBX Again? Nevermind. Harvard Business School Rebrands Its Online Offerings.

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That was at the height of the buzz around MOOCs, and about a year after the start of edX, the online course platform founded by Harvard and MIT. He was referring to the business school’s well-known teaching method that uses “case studies,” which the school produces and sells as well.

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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

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Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. I think we’ve seen this reemergence—unintentionally—in the form of MOOCs. I typically build MOOCs, but this spring, I designed an online program for a cohort of 16 nonprofit leaders.

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Moving From 5% to 85% Completion Rates for Online Courses

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MOOCs, shorthand for massive open online courses, have been widely critiqued for their miniscule completion rates. This does not necessarily make MOOCs a failure. That’s a far cry from five years ago, when only 5 percent of the students were finishing the MOOCs I was designing. Use the power of peer pressure.

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Online Learning (And 7 Ways to Repent)

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Education technology is riddled with temptations and false promises. But if you ask Mark Brown, a professor and director of the National Institute for Digital Learning at Dublin City University in Ireland, problems such as falling for hype around new technology is an absolute moral dilemma. I have been guilty of taming the technology.

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Leveling Up Language Learners’ 21st-Century Skills with Minecraft

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Learning English in Minecraft: a case study on language competences and classroom practices. Minecraft MOOC EVO Minecraft MOOC YouTube. Digging Deeper: Learning and Re-learning with Student and Teacher Minecraft Communities. Language Learning and Minecraft. Ideas for Using Minecraft in the Classroom. IrvSpanish.

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How Nontraditional Educators Will Influence Digital Learning #DLNchat

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Could the rise in MOOC-based and other certificates affect how traditional college degree paths are designed? Many #DLNchat-ters define them as MOOC providers including edX and Coursera and bootcamps such as General Assembly and Kenzie Academy. But first, who are these nontraditional providers?