= Overview =
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) is a way to make knowledge and information available to anyone. Like the name implies, they are free courses available online, they are open to anyone which generally makes them massive, they do not count for credit, and they provide a way for people to not only access course information and materials (such as documents, videos, and exercises) but also to participate and interact with the facilitators and other participants. Due to th<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span>e the nature of the course, it is up to the students to decide how much they actually learn. These courses are offered by many universities and organizations and the topics covered range across all disciplines.
= Benefits =
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">""MOOC List" is an aggregator (directory) of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from different providers." </font>
...and many more!
= Stanford Online =
Stanford Online, a great resource for MOOCs, has particularly relevant course offerings on innovation and creativity.
== Design Thinking Action Lab ==
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(46, 45, 41); line-height: 21px;">In this [http://online.stanford.edu/course/design-thinking-action-lab experiential course] - free and open to all - you will learn the design thinking process by tackling a real world innovation challenge. As preparation for each stage of the challenge, you will explore the main design thinking concepts through short videos, each paired with brief activities to practice relevant methods and approaches. There will be one weekly assignment reporting on your progress, as well as weekly Google hangouts with the instructor. On the last week of the course, you will apply the process to your own context and challenges, while hearing from experts who use design thinking to innovate in differents fields, such as healthcare and education.</span></span></span>
== Creativity ==
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(46, 45, 41); line-height: 21px">This crash course is designed to explore several factors that stimulate and inhibit creativity in individuals, teams, and organizations. In each session we will focus on a different variable related to creativity, such as framing problems, challenging assumptions, and creative teams.</span></span></span> This Spring, course professor Tina Seelig, author of i<u>nGenius: A Crash Course in Creativty</u>, has teamed up with Warner Brothers Music to explore creativity in music. The new course, [https://novoed.com/creativity Creativity: Music to My Ears], starts on April 2nd, 2014 and runs for 6 weeks. University Innovation Fellows interested in convening students in a 'book club'-like weekly meeting should seek 15 students on their campus who commit to exploring creativity together using a weekly in-person discussion group format. A one-credit offering is available in select schools. Sign up your schools to participate in the pilot [https://docs.google.com/a/nciia.org/forms/d/15GpGpTM3vEDvExBce6xsGwelEUnXsKcZUnZfQP2QSqw/viewform here].
== Contact ==
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Contact information specific to course platforms:</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Stanford OpenEdX: [mailto:techsupport@class.stanford.edu techsupport@class.stanford.edu]</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Coursera: [http://help.coursera.org/ http://help.coursera.org]</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">NovoEd: [mailto:support@noved.com support@noved.com]</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">General questions: [mailto:stanfordonline-support@lists.stanford.edu '''stanfordonline-support@lists.stanford.edu''']</span></span>
= Video =