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During several panel presentations at the AECT Annual Convention in Indianapolis in November 2015, concerns with MOOCs were raised. In this paper the authors discuss a few of those concerns of extra interest, and explain the relatively new customizable dual-layer MOOC course design. This new paradigm of MOOC design holds promise to alleviate some of the concerns with open global MOOCs.
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Crosslin, M., Wakefield, J.S. What’s Cooking in the MOOC Kitchen: Layered MOOCs. TechTrends 60, 98–101 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-016-0036-5
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