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Rise of the MOOCs
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- Name
- HappyNeal
- @codeandchaos

Providing Online Courses has become a new trend. On the existing platforms edx.org, coursera.org, udacity.com you now can find courses from many different scientific fields.
New Course Providers
There are a couple of new course provides:
- https://www.futurelearn.com/ - A platform for courses from the UK
- https://iversity.org/ - This platform has courses from all over europe.
- https://novoed.com/ - a collection of buisness courses, with a twist that you need to complete coursework by collaborating with a team
Other Websites
Codeacademy
Codeacademy takes a unique approach to teach you how to code. The lessons are delivered in a sidebar and you must code a functioning program to continue the lesson. If you are stuck, the program guides you and gives you helpful hints on how to solve the problem. http://www.codeacademy.org
Mooc List
A search engine for open online courses: http://www.mooc-list.com/
Mooctivity
Kindof like a social network for people that like to learn with MOOCs. http://www.mooctivity.com/
Skilledup
A search engine, that lists the free courses as well as paid online courses. http://www.skilledup.com/
Developments to watch for in 2014
Mooc.org
edX is creating a new platform to enable any institution to publish their own MOOC type course. http://mooc.org/
XSeries (Edx.org)
The XSeries is a collection of courses, that grant you a special certificate if you complete the entire coursework. https://www.edx.org/xseries