Watching MOOCs mature

MOOCs aren’t perfect, but they getting better fast. It is still too early to know all the changes they will bring, but major changes are on the way. Just think of how quickly Wikipedia has changed the encyclopedia business.

Here are four articles that show how people are experimenting and improving MOOCs.

Faculty members at Stanford describe how they are improving student interaction and participation.

A Huffington Post article describes how on-line forums can be a viable substitute for in-class discussions

An article in Forbes discusses their experiment in flipping the MOOC (watching the lectures on your own time).