MOOCs do pose a lot of problems because common educational exceptions do not generally apply. However, they also offer content holders or distributors access to a potential audience/market. If these courses are all "open" (pretty much free), then people may not balk at shelling out some money for texts or access to content needed for the course. I believe there are a number of textbook publishers that are offering their content to MOOC takers for free (limited access) and then hoping that some of them will purchase the text for perpetual access after the MOOC ends. Film complicates things quite a bit, but I still think there could be potential for a market of some kind in the future.
mb On Feb 21, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Shoaf,Judith P wrote: > 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. 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.
