Ten Simple Rules for Developing a MOOC

If you have not heard of the word MOOC, it refers to Massive Open Online Courses, and their appeal has raised the interest of most tertiary institutions. MOOCs have rapidly become “the new black” for online learning [1]. The first course emerged in 2008 from the University of Manitoba (http://cck11.mooc.ca/), and the term MOOC was coined at that time by Dave Cornier (http://davecormier.com/edblog/2008/10/02/the-cck08-mooc-connectivism-course-14-way/). An ever-increasing number of courses from major universities with a range of course providers is now established, and new ones are coming out on a weekly basis.