The ed-tech company Desire2Learn jumped into the
massive open online course (MOOC) fray with its new Open Courses service.
The product is an alternative MOOC delivery platform that allows institutions
to retain the copyright on their talent and data, as well as an option to
recognize students who complete the course.
Curriculum for the MOOCs is available from existing
content and is managed through the firm’s new version of its Learning Suite.
Open Courses is also available as a standalone cloud service, according to a
report in Campus Technology.
The new version of Learning Suite includes course
management and mobile tools, predictive analytics, adaptive learning, social
sharing, and collaborative services, along with the ability to participate in
MOOCs. In addition, Learning Suite is a free upgrade for Desire2 Learn cloud
customers.
“If you’re a student today, you have to log into four
or five—maybe as many as 20—different systems,” said John Baker, president and
CEO of Desire2Learn. “What we’re trying to do is pull all that together into
what we call an integrated learning platform.”
