Nahum is worried about "Universities that have online courses for people that just take a one time course (MOOC) and in fact not registered students learning for a degree."
It seems to me that these Massively Open Online Courses, which are available to anyone at all, do in fact pose a huge problem for educators. They don't fit the definition of classroom use at all. It seems to me that some kinds of classes simply can't be taught that way because they require extensive copyright infringements (e.g. film history!). Moreover, using a recent documentary to teach a subject amounts pretty much to streaming that documentary to the public. Is anyone worrying about this or is the whole thing too new/possibly ephemeral? Judy Shoaf VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
