Escribir para convencer: instructional design experience in digital contexts of self-learning by Karen Shirley López Gil, Sergio Chacón Peña

“…The objective of this article is to analyze the design, implementation and evaluation experience of the MOOC Escribir para convencer in edX in order to contribute to the discussion about new ways of teaching and learning in digital contexts. …”
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Using multi-platform learning analytics to compare regional and global MOOC learning in the Arab world by Ruipérez-Valiente, José A, Halawa, Sherif, Slama, Rachel, Reich, Justin

“…© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Recent studies of massive open online courses (MOOCs) have focused on global providers such as edX, Coursera, and FutureLearn, with less attention to local initiatives that target regional learners. …”
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HarvardX and MITx: The First Year of Open Online Courses, Fall 2012-Summer 2013 by Ho, Andrew Dean, Reich, Justin, Nesterko, Sergiy O., Seaton, Daniel Thomas, Mullaney, Tommy, Waldo, Jim, Chuang, Isaac

“…Over the year from the fall of 2012 to the summer of 2013, HarvardX and MITx launched 17 courses on edX, a jointly founded platform for delivering massive open online courses (MOOCs). …”
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MOOCs and entrepreneurship education-contributions, opportunities and gaps by Christoph Resei, Christian Friedl, Agnieszka Żur

“…Two MOOC platforms Coursera and edX lead at this early development stage of Micro-credentials. …”
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Principles of synthetic biology: a MOOC for an emerging field by Anderson, Daniel, Jones, Ross D., Weiss, Ron

“…In this article, we describe the five fundamentals, our formulation of the course, and impact and metrics data from two runs of the course through the edX platform.…”
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Google BigQuery for Education by Lopez, Glenn, Seaton, Daniel T., Ang, Andrew, Tingley, Dustin, Chuang, Isaac

“…This paper details the functionality of edx2bigquery -An open source Python package developed by Harvard and MIT to ingest and report on hundreds of MITx and HarvardX course datasets from edX, making use of Google BigQuery to handle multiple terabytes of learner data. …”
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Investigating the Statistical Distribution of Learning Coverage in MOOCs by Xiu Li, Chang Men, Zhihui Du, Jason Liu, Manli Li, Xiaolei Zhang

“…In the xuetangX dataset, the learning coverage in 53 of 76 courses fits Zipf’s law, but in all of 16 courses on the edX platform, the learning coverage rejects the Zipf’s law. …”
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MOOCs jako otwarte zasoby edukacyjne wspierające edukację dla przedsiębiorczości by Krzysztof Wach

“…Na świecie dominują cztery najbardziej popularne platformy, a są to edX, Coursera, FutureLearn, czy Udacity. WNIOSKI, INNOWACJE, REKOMENDACJE: Istnieje pilna potrzeba promowania wykorzystania otwartych zasobów edukacyjnych i platform MOOC przez polskie uczelnie, zwłaszcza zaoferowania kursów w języku polskim nie tylko dla polskich platformach, ale np. na platformie edX.…”
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Google BigQuery for Education by Lopez, Glenn, Seaton, Daniel T., Ang, Andrew, Tingley, Dustin, Chuang, Isaac L.

“…This paper details the functionality of edx2bigquery -An open source Python package developed by Harvard and MIT to ingest and report on hundreds of MITx and HarvardX course datasets from edX, making use of Google BigQuery to handle multiple terabytes of learner data. …”
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MOOCs對高等教育教學之挑戰與問題 Challenges and Issues Related to Massive Open Online Courses in Higher Education Teaching and Learning by 侯雅雯 Ya-Wen Hou

“…透過文獻分析，本文先 討論MOOCs之起源與特性，並概述三大MOOCs平臺公司─Udacity、Coursera與 edX；最後，討論此風潮所引發的挑戰，包含MOOCs之定義、中輟率、課程建議、 互動品質、學位授予、全球競爭、教育商品化與智慧財產權等議題。 …”
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Examining the potential of machine learning for predicting academic achievement: A systematic review by Nazir, M., Noraziah, Ahmad, Rahmah, M., Sharma, Aditi

“…Machine learning can fuse data from various sources like test scores like Coursera, edX & Open edX, Udemy, linkedin learning, learn words, and hacker’s rank platform etc, attendance, and online activity to help educators better understand student needs and improve teaching, can use for better decision. …”
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Online Learning Modules in Anatomical Sciences: Effective Sources for Continued Learning for Medical Undergraduates During the Unprecedent COVID-19 Pandemic by Srinivasan Viveka, Nagavalli Basavanna Pushpa, Kumar Satish Ravi

“…Twenty structured learning courses were identified on the Udemy (6 courses), Coursera (3 courses), edX (2 courses), FutureLearn and Khan academy platforms. …”
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Web-service for integration of current information from the leading MOOCs by Sergey P. Timoshin, Viktoriya V. Belaga

“…It is aimed at different groups of users: “motivated” students, “unmotivated” students, and lecturers.The initial data for the service is open information about the current online courses on the MOOCs Coursera, edX and Udacity.Each project has its own API, which allows you to get information about online courses. …”
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Optimization of the educational process of medical higher education institutions through the information and educational environment by O. A. Murzina, O. M. Raznatovska, O. I. Pototska, N. O. Nahorna

“…In our opinion, online courses based on edX platform facilitate the optimization of the learning process in higher education institutions. …”
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Challenges in creating online courses and establishing a measure of their efficacy with an example of MIT's course in Sustainable Energy by Srivastava, Amrita, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Review of ‘Exploring English: Language and Culture’ by Judith Buendgens-Kosten

“…The popularity of MOOCs – massive open online courses, i.e. online courses that can be used by large numbers of learners without formal entrance requirements – has skyrocketed in recent years, with a broad range of courses made available by major MOOC platforms such as Coursera, Udacity or EdX, but also by smaller providers. At the same time, very few MOOCs cover language learning. …”
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Geschäftsmodelle für digitale Bildungsangebote am Beispiel von xMOOCs. Anregungen für die wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung?! by Oliver B. T. Franken

“…Zugrunde liegen Befunde einer Studie für die Plattformbetreiber Coursera, Udacity, edX und iversity. Aus Sicht des Hochschulmanagements offerieren xMOOCs Anregungen für Gestaltung, Finanzierung und Marketing von wissenschaftlicher Weiterbildung. …”
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EDUTOOL®: UN INSTRUMENTO PARA LA EVALUACIÓN Y ACREDITACIÓN DE LA CALIDAD DE LOS MOOCS by Miguel Baldomero Ramírez-Fernández, José Luis Salmerón Silvera

“…Así pues, se apreció una calidad media superior en las plataformas Coursera (66,34 %) y EdX (62,62 %), intermedia en la plataforma Udacity (54,92 %) y algo inferior en la plataforma MiríadaX (50,40 %).…”
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Book Review: The Communicating Leader: The key to strategic alignment (2nd Ed) by X. C. Birkenbach

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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): A Comparative Analysis of the Main Platforms by Lidia Mihaela FUNIERU, Florin LAZAROIU

“…The rapidly growing diversity of MOOC providers and the popularity of this fast emerging learning option influenced this analysis to compare the main characteristics of the most popular MOOC platforms at this time, Coursera and edX. The platforms have been compared from both a technical and a user perspective and each detailed feature was graded based on its strengths and weaknesses.…”
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