The MOOC syllabus blues
abernard102@gmail.com 2013-11-07
Summary:
Use the link to access the full text article published in College & Research Library News available from the ACRL. "In library circles over the past two years, the elephant in the room has been 'How will we support Massive Open Online
Courses (MOOCs) at our institution?' edX is the not-for-profit organization founded by Harvard and MIT to transform education worldwide by offering MOOCs for free. edX has engaged in a number of partnerships with other educational institutions to offer interesting courses. Many of the edX classes are offered through these institutions by their faculty,
e.g., Harvard faculty teach HarvardX classes, MIT faculty teach MITx classes, etc. One of the distinct challenges to distributing a free, global curriculum online is the varied and unique copyright concerns. After some meetings with the edX teams, we decided that the library can support MOOCs best in two distinct areas: research and copyright.1"