Online Learning Update

November 6, 2013

Facebook could become a distribution vehicle for MOOCs, says global policy chief

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:05 am

by KATIE COLLINS, Wired

Facebook could partner with providers of massive open online courses (MOOCs) in the future to help the content effectively reach remote communities in developing nations, says Matt Perault, Facebook’s head of global policy development. Speaking at the Transform Africa 2013 Summit in Rwanda, which Wired.co.uk is attending, Perault described MOOCs like EdX, Coursera and Khan Academy as “repositories for incredibly high-level educational content”, and suggested that partnerships with social networks could increase their potential to distribute content more widely.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-11/01/facebook-moocs

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