Everything open

As the MOOCosphere expanded, more and more platforms sprung into action. Some have already delivered large numbers of MOOCs, such as the open source platform EdX and the Coursera. The other big ticket platform is Udacity which has now morphed into a specific market – corporate training. Although the wellspring was in the US, the UK, Europe, India, Russia, Brazil and many others have joined the party. The global LMS/VLE vendors (Blackboard, Desire2learn, SAP) and Moodle have jumped on the bandwagon. Some so-called MOOC platforms aren’t really platforms at all – they’re aggregators. Using the word ‘platform’ to mean ‘place or URL’ on the web. There’s also the ‘let’s call it a MOOC even though it is not’ mob. Apart from this last category, it’s all good.

FutureLearn, the first UK-led provider of massive, open, online courses (MOOCs), today unveiled its first set of courses from leading UK and international universities. Ve Interactive’s education specialist Stephen Green explains how universities can profit from a campaign, in the words of Simon Nelson, “designed 100% for students”.

FutureLearn to go live in September with its first set of free courses #oer #opened #mooc http://t.co/UlvMf4Vx56