MOOCs @ Edinburgh 2013: Report #1

In January 2013, the University of Edinburgh launched six MOOCs on the Coursera virtual learning environment (VLE) platform. These were short fully-online courses, each lasting either 5 or 7 weeks, and they had a total initial enrolment of just over 309,000 learners.
“MOOCs @ Edinburgh 2013 – Report #1” summarises this first Massive Open Online Courses experience with the Coursera VLE. Download.
The whole process, from initial partnership discussions with Coursera to completion of  all six courses and distribution of Statements of Accomplishment, took approximately 10 months. The document provides a summary of this 10-month process, including some comparisons between the six courses and the University's initial reflections on the data and the experience in offering the MOOCs.