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10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs

WBT Systems

An online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry , aka ModPo, is one of the 50 most popular MOOCs of all time. Typically, a MOOC features a course syllabus, in this case, a ten-week lesson plan with assigned reading (poems), instructor-created video content, discussion forum, peer-reviewed writing assignments, and quizzes.

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MOOCs: A myth for the masses? Not so much

Aaron Wolowiec

An infographic by Online-PhD-Programs.org summarizing MOOCs. Massive Open Online Courses – or MOOCs – seem to be all the rage. MOOCs are online classes that are available to anyone with a computer and/or Internet access. Some MOOCs are free, but others aren’t. million people participate in MOOCs through Coursera.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. For all these reasons, organizations are facing some disillusionment. MOOCs: We will go against the grain a bit here and argue that MOOCs AREN’T DEAD.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.7.16

Reid All About it

Since I’ve been on an education kick lately, here’s an example of curation by a for-profit organization. This list is part of their Data Science Career Guide , a six-part series recommending the best online courses and MOOCs for people entering the data science industry. Organizer: Lowell Aplebaum, CAE. More info/register.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Association Education Programs

WBT Systems

It discusses in depth its research on employee engagement in the workplace, and the benefits organizations with an engaged workforce experience , including increased productivity, reduced turnover of staff, improved profitability and performance. Lifelong Learning is Becoming an Economic Imperative.

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Life goes on…and so does learning

Aaron Wolowiec

Organizations need to get more adept at using these tools, testing new ideas quickly and moving to full implementation with decisiveness.”. If you know of an expert on MOOCs, or if your association uses MOOCs, please contact me. And your association can easily meet the demand. I’d like to write about this in the near future.

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The State of Association E-Learning: Cloudy with a Chance of Sunshine

WBT Systems

Throughout the report, Tagoras suggests questions for association staff to consider, for example: How does your e-learning (or learning) strategy contribute to the overall strategy of your organization? Don’t forget LinkedIn, colleges and universities , MOOCs, and other for-profit online learning platforms.). Use of mobile learning.

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