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Are MOOCs the pedagogical Messiah or just a very naughty boy?Peter BryantLondon School of Economics@peterbryantHE

What is innovative about MOOC pedagogy?

What is aMOOC?

The challenge of definition‘I am now quite certain that the term MOOC is as well defined and understood as the 'Boogie Monster'

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The challenge of motivation

Are MOOCs the goldrush of HE?A whole lot of people panning in the creek because everyone else is, in the hope that in them there creek there be gold?

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The challenge of disruption

“The Napster moment for higher education“ Martin BeanOpen University

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The challenge of participation

a. You are either in or you are out…b. What happens if you can’t get in or are not

let in?

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The challenge of innovation

Are MOOCs learning 2.0 or just another attempt to re-package what we have already have produced, effectively the McDonalds Happy Meal of higher education, the same burger, fries and Coke that we have been served up consistently and efficiently for decades, just with a different plastic toy and a newer, funkier box?

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In evaluating pedagogical innovation, are we comparing apples and apples?

Looking at the post-MOOC world

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