By Azer Bestavros
2nd Generation MOOCs
Build a MOOC because you are excited to innovate, not because you are feeling pressured to do something…anything! Build a MOOC to show the world how to do it right.
Harvard debates MOOCs
Ambivalence about MOOCs, which has increasingly been voiced on campuses across the country, is also being heard among faculty members at Harvard University.
MOOCs and Libraries
MOOCs are bringing unprecedented challenges and opportunities to both kinds of libraries already, and they’re only going to grow.
Survey of MOOC Profs
The survey, conducted by The Chronicle, attempted to reach every professor who has taught a MOOC. The online questionnaire was sent to 184 professors in late February, and 103 of them responded.
MOOCs for Credit
In what could be a major step toward bridging the gap between massive open online courses and the credentialing system that they are supposed to "disrupt," the American Council on Education on Thursday endorsed five MOOCs for credit.
On the value of college credit
An interesting perspective on the "value" that we attribute to taking (and paying for) college courses.
So if people are willing to pay $2,000 or more per credit when a course is taken within a degree-granting institution, but less than 5 percent of that for the same course stands alone, that's a pretty strong indication of where the value in the college course truly lies.
MOOCs as textbook outlets?
Interesting ways for publishers to leverage MOOCs (and vice versa)... More
Big Bad MOOC? Not!
A response from a Philosophy professor to the opposition by faculty at San Jose State U to the use of MOOCs which they perceive as a threat to public universities.
Online Teaching and COI
Taking into consideration the spread of online education and its founding partnership with MOOC provider Coursera, the University of Pennsylvania Almanac has clarified the institution's conflict of interest policy in regards to new concerns presented by online teaching.
Publishers & MOOCs
Heather Ruland Staines of SIPX explained why publishers should care about MOOCs (massive open online courses). 
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