Find an article about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC’s) and share the link to the article. Give your opinion on MOOC’s and discuss whether or not you believe they are effective enough to earn college credit toward a degree.
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Troy Holbrook
4/17/2013 07:15:54 am
Currently a MOOC is free and normally offered to the general public, also, the MOOC does not award college (Academic) credit for courses taken. Since the philosophy and infrastructure of the MOOC is relatively new, there is really no standardization in courses, curriculum, assessments, etc. These are issues that would have to be established prior to MOOC courses being offered for a fee and to reward credit. Without the MOOC being able to meet certain criteria, the courses would never be accredited and other than learning for the sake of continued lifelong learning, the MOOC would not carry any clout or value.
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Crissina Kemp
4/17/2013 01:46:08 pm
There are standards and curriculum issues that would need to be addressed with MOOC's, but as I was doing my research on the topic, I learned the number of universities and colleges and looking at ways for students to receive credit toward a degree for these classes. If I'm not mistaken, I thought there were some of the courses out there that are giving college credit.
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Cassandra Nappier
4/18/2013 04:46:09 am
I agree, without constraints and defined criteria, MOOCs will not become accredited. I find the idea of them to be a positive, but am realistic enough to know that chaos must have some order.
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Caleb Haynes
4/19/2013 01:38:50 am
Ya MOOCs almost sound to good to be true. You can't tell me that they are free and you receive credit for them that sounds just too good to be true. I believe if they eventually do become accredited they will not be free.
Zech Bowman
4/21/2013 12:44:53 pm
I'm with Caleb on this too. These believe that MOOC's sound too good to be true. It would way too difficult for me to trust any training that I could receive from something like this based on how it is set up.
Melissa Lovette
4/18/2013 11:11:55 am
You are correct, if courses or facilities are not accredited nothing is transferrable. Therefore the student has taken courses just for completion and not for transfer or credit for to any other college. It doesn't count if the facility is not accredited.
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Mary McGee
4/21/2013 06:21:45 am
Very true, I wonder how a MOOC could be accredited? I think they are good for CEU's but not much more than that at this point.
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Cassandra Nappier
4/18/2013 04:43:53 am
The article I read is: http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/8/153817-will-massive-open-online-courses-change-how-we-teach/fulltext
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Colie Trawick
4/18/2013 04:46:19 am
Using it as academic credit would be sketchy but I do like it if you are taking the class just for your own personal knowledge to better your own skill sets.
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Dane Frazier
4/18/2013 01:49:20 pm
I believe that MOOC is a great idea for people to continue life long learning however I think that it is a way to open for there to be any way to gain legit college credit from this way of learning.
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Armegis Spearman
5/4/2013 02:18:25 pm
I agree because there are people that just want to further their education and will do it for as long as they can. This comes with a price and if they already have careers, this is a tough task to accomplish without classes that they can take at a modified pace. The benefit for them to utilize an opportunity such at this goes out the window if they do not receive credit for their work.
Kayla Y.
4/19/2013 02:09:28 am
I agree, that taking an MOOC would be a waste of time unless you just want to take the time to gain more knowledge on a subject area. If it's not worth anything towards a degree, then why take the time? I know I wouldn't, even if it were free.
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Colie Trawick
4/18/2013 04:45:10 am
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Wendy Walker
4/21/2013 12:19:23 pm
I think these are a good idea for personal information only. They should not be given for college credit or for advancement for a job.
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Troy Holbrook
4/18/2013 05:56:32 am
I am not going to totally discount MOOCs simply because they are in their infancy right now. As a matter of fact, the President of the Michigan Savings Bank said in 1901, "The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty, a fad." We can all see how that turned out! MOOCs may someday become refined to the point that they will be the norm and taking on-ground classes, sitting in a classroom may very well become obsolete. Let's all hang around and see how it ends up.
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Laurel Thornton
4/18/2013 09:55:34 am
I agree. We don't know what is to come of them. They could lead to something in the future. They're very new and knows what will come of them. My only reservation is for those who are taking them, not completely understanding what they are getting.
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Laurel Thornton
4/18/2013 09:53:18 am
http://voicesunidas.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/massive-open-online-courses-pros-and-cons-of-an-educational-phenomenon/
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Melissa Lovette
4/18/2013 11:20:46 am
I agree, I think if one is just wanting some classes to gain knowledge and not necessarily obtain a degree it would be a great experience. However, I see the same problem you do with the proof of completion.
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Dane Frazier
4/21/2013 12:56:02 pm
I also agree that it is a great way to gain knowledge, but not earn college credit.
Heather Carlton
4/19/2013 02:34:33 am
I think they may be beneficial if you're looking for a more laid back, informal course of study. Or if you want to broaden your knowledge in a particular area such as management or accounting.
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Crissina Kemp
4/21/2013 01:07:25 pm
I agree that MOOC's offer people a great, free opportunity to learn information whether for lifelong learning or to further themselves professionally. It seems like it would be more of a self-taught opportunity with the amount of people in a class and little one-on-one instructor interaction.
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4/18/2013 11:09:44 am
The article I found was titled "Massive Open Online Investment: Time and a Little Money are a Worthy Investment".
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4/19/2013 01:41:56 am
From all the research I did I feel like students can learn a good deal from these courses, but I feel there are no really set standards therefore these classes are not accredited.
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Armegis Spearman
5/4/2013 02:22:16 pm
I agree and think this can be great opportunity for a student that failed or passed with an unsatisfactory grade. This type of course would be good for extra credit. I personally don't think there is enough evidence or research conducted to see if this approach is enough for college credit.
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Kayla Yount
4/19/2013 02:06:53 am
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/new-mooc-provider-says-it-fosters-peer-interaction/43381
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Heather Carlton
4/19/2013 02:29:20 am
Interesting .. I hadn't heard of these courses before this post.
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Mary McGee
4/21/2013 06:20:44 am
http://www.centralmethodist.edu:2089/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=5cf07ac3-2124-4ed0-a722-853fe40d7d11%40sessionmgr115&hid=117
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Wendy Walker
4/21/2013 12:26:33 pm
Here is the small article I read: http://openeducationnews.org/2008/07/30/mooc-massive-open-online-course/
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Zech Bowman
4/21/2013 12:48:29 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-keith-devlin/massive-open-online-courses_b_2946591.html
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Armegis Spearman
5/4/2013 02:14:14 pm
http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2013/04/24/massive-open-online-courses-moocs-have-a-role-in-high-ed/
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