Comments on: The MOOC debate http://www.pontydysgu.org/2012/08/the-mooc-debate/ Pontydysgu - Educational Research Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Muvaffak GOZAYDIN http://www.pontydysgu.org/2012/08/the-mooc-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-133338 Muvaffak GOZAYDIN Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:55:04 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/?p=8308#comment-133338 Please do keep separate MOOC and MITx and Harvard x. They are completely different initiatives . MITx actually started in 2001 as OpenCourseware . It has a very long range plans. But it can appeal to millions as well . It is also not free. MIT was on the right tract, so that Harvard joined them . I do believe that MITx+Harvardx can solve the whole HE problems of the world. I hope they are serious about their target of 1 BILLION students, although there are 200.000.000 college age people in the world . Please do keep separate MOOC and MITx and Harvard x.
They are completely different initiatives .
MITx actually started in 2001 as OpenCourseware . It has a very long range plans. But it can appeal to millions as well . It is also not free.
MIT was on the right tract, so that Harvard joined them .
I do believe that MITx+Harvardx can solve the whole HE problems of the world.
I hope they are serious about their target of 1 BILLION students, although there are 200.000.000 college age people in the world .

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://www.pontydysgu.org/2012/08/the-mooc-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-133115 Stephen Downes Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:19:12 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/?p=8308#comment-133115 > (I am not sure what the X stands for) It doesn't stand for anything, it's taken from the form MITx and EDx (which in turn borrowed the form from TEDx and Edgex). > (I am not sure what the X stands for)

It doesn’t stand for anything, it’s taken from the form MITx and EDx (which in turn borrowed the form from TEDx and Edgex).

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