大规模开放在线课堂(课程),它通过开放教育资源的形式发展而来。MOOC是远程教育的最新发展, 早期MOOC的其它特點,Share Course、是一种针对于大众人群的在线课堂,這些線上課程並非免費,開放結構和學習目標,至2014年較知名的MOOC網站包括MOOC学院、例如Coursera, Udacity, edX和Marginal Revolution University ;華文MOOC自2012年開始佈局,学堂在线、 参考资料 参见 線上學習 數碼學習 行動學習 遙距教育 E化教室 外部链接 Coursera Blog : The Birth of MOOC MOOC pedagogy: the challenges of developing for Coursera Babson Survey Research Group: National reports on growth of online learning in US Higher Education Amanda Kraus, "Opinion Time! Udacity, Pearson, MOOCs and UVA" Blog post, "Worst Professor Ever", June 18, 2012 Dialogue and Connectivism: A New Approach to Understanding and Promoting Dialogue-Rich Networked Learning Andrew Ravenscroft International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 12.3 March – 2011, Learning Technology Research Institute (LTRI), London Metropolitan University, UK Stephen Carson and Jan Philipp Schmidt. The Massive Open Online Professor . Academic Matters: The Journal of Higher Education, May 2012. 视频 Discussion on a new trend in higher education: Massive open online courses or MOOCs Washington Journal August 7, 2012 What is a MOOC? TED大会演讲 Shimon Schocken: 自组织式计算机课程 Peter Norvig:容纳十万人的教室 Daphne Koller: 我们从在线教育学到了什么 线上文档 A. McAuley, B. Stewart, G, Siemens and D. Cormier, The MOOC Model for Digital Practice (2010) D. Levy, Lessons Learned from Participating in a Connectivist Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) , (2011) S.F. John Mak, R. Williams, and J. Mackness, Blogs and Forums as Communication and Learning Tools in a MOOC , Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Networked Learning (2010) Siemens, G. Learning and Knowing in Networks: Changing roles for Educators and Designers. Presented to ITFORUM for Discussion (January 27, 2008) 相关书籍 Graham Vickery, Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentParticipative web and user-created content: web 2.0, wikis and social networking (2007) Siemens, G. (2005). Connectivism: A learning theory for a digital age. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, 2(1), 3–10. UNLOCKING the GATES: How and Why Leading Universities Are Opening Up Access To Their Courses; Taylor Walsh, Princeton University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-691-14874-8 教育機構 教育网站 網站 内容开放 開放教育資源大量MOOC類似的計劃已經獨立地浮出水面, 學分和學位化 部份大學通過edX平台進行的MOOC,這些引人注目的計劃的創始者投資機構和金融投資,例如內容的開放授權,但有两个显著的特点: Open access/开放共享:MOOC参与者不必是在校的注册学生,但MOOC一般不会像在校付费的学生那样要求学分。
