Online Learning Update

April 19, 2013

Penn State professors excited about possibilities of massive open online courses

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

By Stephen Shiflett, Centre Daily

Penn State professors leading the university’s first massive open online courses — known as MOOCs — are using creative new teaching methods and have high hopes for this phenomenon in higher education. Still, these five classes are so new that many of the instructors remain unsure what to expect. MOOCs are free, online classes that are not eligible for college credit but are open to anyone. Thousands can enroll in a single course at one time.

http://www.centredaily.com/2013/04/06/3569603/penn-state-professors-excited.html

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