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Wexler, E. (2015). . University World News.

(2014).听听. The Chronicle of Higher Education - Has a timeline with links to dozens of other articles.听

(2014). ,听Huffington Post - Another list of articles on MOOCs.听

Trucano, M. (2013). .听听贰诲耻罢别肠丑 - This article provides links to many longer discussions of MOOCs, including one by an expert with Montreal connections.

Daniel J. (2012). .听Journal of Interactive Media Education - This article by an expert with decades of experience in distance learning is thoughtful, accessible, and measured. 听It clearly distinguishes between the objective and goals of the players in the MOOC universe.听

Daniel J. (2014). - Keynote speech,听International Symposiun on Global Trends in Online Teaching and Learning delivered on February 7 2014.听A more recent look at MOOCs by the same author.

Young J. (2013). The Chronicle of Higher Education - This article, an excerpt from a book, discusses how MOOCs could improve on-campus teaching and sets out some concerns about the lessening of diversity 听which could result if only a few MOOC providers were controlling what was presented in the classrooms of the world.

This 听from Philosophy professors at San Jose State expresses their concern that MOOCs can compromise the quality of education and cause social inequality. See听and a听听

This听听discusses a professor who ceased giving his MOOC for similar reasons.

The wide听听is set out in this list of articles on Doug Holton's blog, which are categorized into pro-MOOC, anti-MOOC, amusing,...

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Here is an听听which discusses the future of MOOCs from the perspective of business plans.听

This听听suggests that MOOCs may actually be a huge step backward.听

Holdaway, X., & Hawtin, N. (2013).听听.听The Chronicle of Higher Education

McAuley, A., Stewart, B., Siemens, G., & Cormier, D. (2010).听 - This paper written before the advent of xMOOCs focuses on the early cMOOCs.听

Schuetze, C. (2013).听听. The New York Times

Kimmett, C. (2013). . University World News

Liyanagunawardena, T. R., Adams, A. A., & Williams, S. A. (2013).听.听International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 14, 202-227

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