Massive Open Opportunity: Supporting MOOCs in Public and Academic Libraries

A new development to be aware of:

If you’re an academic librarian, you’re probably already awash, at least peripherally, in news about MOOCs—massive open online courses have been touted as the next big thing in higher ed since they burst on the scene about a year ago................................ There are multiple potential roles for libraries in the MOOC development, support, assessment, and preservation process............

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