... Passively watching a video doesn’t achieve the same level of rich learning, because it does not require the student to do anything but sit, watch, and hopefully absorb information.
The great news is, designing active learning experiences for your MOOC is fun and won’t cost you a thing! ...
http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc
Via Lucas Gruez, SusanBat
These insights are pretty obvious when you read them and a lot of MOOCs I have completed have used at least one of these methods.
Some interesting ideas to serve variety in learning