MOOCtracks

Good publicity for MOOCs. The Atlantic takes an overview of HarvardX and notes the familiar pros and cons The explosion of education resides not just at Harvard, Stanford, MIT, and Khan Academy, but throughout the entire eLearning movement, from a nugget ("how can I know if an egg is rotten?") to the series of online courses that prepares one for an occupation (“Supply Chain and Logistics Management.” is such a series from MIT.)

Will Free Online Courses Ever Replace a College... Two years into their existence, MOOCs haven't stolen students away from brick-and-mortar universities. Instead, they've become a genre of their own.

Just a hint in this link, but the imbedded link on a remote African town is mind blowing. MOOCs make lives better for those with the self-guided learning skills needed to learn independently.

Cell Phones and Daggers: Moocs, Disruption and ... Mulukan Ayalu, who may be the busiest man in Dalifagi (Paul Salopek, 2013) http://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.com/files/2013/01/Paul-Salopek-Oasis3-1024x683.jpg Combine inexpensive mobile technology with the archived course content available right now, add translation software and satellit...