Learning Tool: Massive Open Online Course

This post is inspired by Edumooc 2011: Online Learning Today... and Tomorrow. This 8 week MOOC, started by Ray Shroeder at the University of Illinois Springfield, has over 2000 participants from all over the World, and can be found here: http://sites.google.com/site/edumooc/home

"Online Learning Today... and Tomorrow" covers weekly topics ranging from the open source movement to technology to personal learning networks. Weekly resources consist of a live, recorded presentation hosted by a panel of experts, a collection of blogs, articles, and online journals, influential Twitter profiles, and pertinent Twitter hashtags. In addition to weekly resources, there are also Wikispace and Skype discussions.

MOOCs provide not only the opportunity to learn, but also to network with industry professionals. #edumooc participants can be found on this Twitter list.

More MOOC resources:
EduMOOC 2001 EduMOOCosphere
Tektrekker's eduMOOC Central
Explore a new Learning Frontier: MOOC via Learning solutions Magazine

Reference:
Cormier, D. (2010) What is a MOOC. Video by Neal Gillis. Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc