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1、REFLECTIONMOOCpostscriptJonBaggaley*CentreforDistanceEducation,AthabascaUniversity,Alberta,Canada(Received16October2013;finalversionreceived29November2013)Thisisapostscripttoanarticleabouttheevolutionofthemassiveopenonlinecourse(MOOC).Inthebriefspaceoftimebetweenthepreviousarticle’sco
2、mpletionandpublication,attitudestotheMOOCappeartobechangingrapidly.Thecurrentfollow-updiscussestherejectionofkeyMOOCprinciplesbyHarvardUniversityanditsreplacementbysmallprivateonlinecourses,notobviouslydifferentfromtheonlineeducationofferedbydistanceeducationinstitutionssincethemid-9
3、0s.ThearticlealsopresentsevidencesuggestingthatthepreviouswidespreadacceptanceofMOOCshasbeenmoremyththanreality.Keywords:massiveopenonlinecourses;MOOC;smallprivateonlinecourses;SPOC;connectivism;DoctorSpockIntroductionWhatadifferenceafewweekscanmake.InMarch2013,Iemergedfromretirement
4、towriteareflectionforthisjournal(Baggaley,2013b)abouttherapidriseofthemassiveopenonlinecourse(MOOC).Init,IlamentedthefactthatMOOCstendnottobebasedonwidelyacceptedinstructionalprinciples.ThemajorMOOCpro-viders,Coursera,edX,andUdacity,haveofferedarangeofapproacheswithonecentralproblem—m
5、assivestudentnumbersareimpossibleforteacherstohandle.Todealwiththeproblem,MOOCscommonlyofferasimplesolution—getthestudentstoteachandgradeeachother.Asitturnsout,inearly2013,otherwritersofseniorvintagewerealsopreparingpresentationslamentingthisdevelopment.Romiszowski(2013)indicatedthat
6、MOOCpracticesarebynomeansnew;Bates(2013)askedwhyinstitutionssuchasMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT),inchampion-ingMOOCs,areignoring25yearsofexperienceandresearchastohowtheyshouldbedesignedeffectively;andNaidu(inpress)pointedoutthatwhileMOOCsmaybeusefulincausingustorethinkeducat
7、ionalpractices,theirsuccesswilldependonhowwelltheymanagecommonchallengesfacinglearningandteachinginlargecohorts,suchaslearnerengagement,assessment,andfeedback.Idon’trecallabandofeducationaltechnologyveteranseverlaunchingsimultaneouslyintoprintinthiswaywithessentiallythesamemessage.In
8、June2013,Ton