By Simon Schuster, MSU State News
Imagine a class that doesn’t cost anything. Anyone can join, and there’s no penalty for not completing the course — but usually, most don’t. A course without credit, where students never meet their professor. Some experts argue such a model could revolutionize education, while others argue it’s not a sustainable program. Either way, MSU has four of them. The courses are changing the way students and professors approach class activities, as MSU evaluates its overall online presence, including regular online courses. MSU’s four pilot Massively Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, have provided education to people all over the U.S. and the world. In a partnership between MSUglobal and MSU IT Service’s Learning Design and Technology, or LearnDAT, the pilot program has collaborated with faculty in different colleges to produce the courses on a number of different online platforms, utilizing WordPress, Moodle, Desire2Learn and social media.
http://statenews.com/article/2013/10/portal-to-higher-education
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