Doug Holton
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For an urban planning MOOC, they used this tool for town hall discussions, instead of Coursera’s discussion forum: http://www.mindmixer.com/

Some other similar tools out there that might better handle large scale discussions might include things like Google Groups (which has a Q&A format now), Google+ Communities, StackExchange clones like Q&A (for Wordpress) or LampCMS or OSQA or Coordino, or reddit-like clones, or RSS aggregators such as used in the OCTEL mooc: http://mashe.hawksey.info/2013/03/mooc-in-a-box-turning-wordpress-into-an-open-course-reader-octel/

How a MOOC can benefit from third party discussion options

An OSU prof explains why she went to a platform often used by municipalities in her Coursera class.

James Clay
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#ocTEL What is the most important question about TEL for you? 

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Library Seats. Having avoided taking part in a MOOC since they became the latest fad, I have now taken the plunge and enrolled on the ALT ocTEL MOOC. It only started yesterday, so it is way too early …