Category Archives: MOOCs

Beware the MOOC, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Moti

I was feeling rather masochistic this morning and decided to read the “Terms of Service” of Coursera and Udacity. Much of it reads like the usual EULA, but I was stunned by one issue: [T]he following are types of uses … Continue reading →

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Controversy in MOOC-land

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Moti

While MOOCs may seem to be an unstoppable bandwagon, a recent article in readwrite.com reports on controversy, mainly driven by concern from institutions and faculty members that MOOC content will be used as an excuse to cut funding. The linked … Continue reading →

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Running a MOOC isn’t easy

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Moti

Gregor Kiczales is dealing valiantly with problems that arose in his course Introduction to Systematic Program Design on Coursera. Assessment in a MOOC is extremely difficult. Automatic assessment can check the output of a program but is useless to evaluate … Continue reading →

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Initial impressions of a MOOC

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Moti

Coursera opened the course Introduction to Systematic Program Design - Part 1. Here are my initial impressions. Although I’m not familiar with administrative, financial and technical issues of MOOCs, I’ll start a few points for those who are. There are eight … Continue reading →

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A blog on MOOCs

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Moti

Last year – for some reason that I can no longer remember – I became interested in MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). MOOCs are the latest computer- and web-based panacea proposed for solving crises in education. Among the prominent institutions offering MOOCs are … Continue reading →

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