Image source: Unsplash, Pixabay retrieved 2/12/2016 What is all the fuss about MOOCs? There is no doubt that MOOCs are controversial and have both many pros and cons. MOOC’s are being touted as a ” disruptive innovation” to higher education,  challenging the current and traditional models of higher education (Flynn, […]

What types of MOOCs are there? When most people think of MOOCs, they envisage an online course with video lectures and quizzes, often with tens of thousands of participants. But this is only one type of MOOC – the xMOOC. Since the advent of MOOCs, the concept has diverged into […]

Amazing?  Revolutionary? Disruptive to higher education as we know it?  Or is it all just hype? In this short Espresso Coffee course we hope to get everyone thinking about these issues and more. These three days provide a taster for a more detailed course on MOOCs that we have planned […]