It isn't the course that's the issue.  It's the Meta portion, the governance of the how, why, who.

So just to make up an example, you create a course on How to Hunt Quail.
Now some group of individuals (or one with puppets), creates a new *policy* that only people with approved credentials can offer courses, and then they create a "Credential Group" who approves credentials, and work it so you can't get approved.

That's just a made-up example of how "governance" can attack "content".
Every wiki type org with which I've been involved has these same meta or governance issues.

Those with a lot of time on their hands can manipulate the system into supporting their own view of how things should *run*.  It's not the content that's the issue.

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Bauder <fredbaud@fairpoint.net>
To: Wikimedia Education <education@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wed, Feb 13, 2013 9:13 am
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Massive open online course(s) about Wikipedia

> In my personal opinion, all MOOCs suffer from, not the coursework per se,
> but the lack of an open and accomodating governance model.  Governance is
> usually the *last* part of any network that is implemented, so early
> adopters are mostly  ostracized by game players whose only goal is to
> enforce their view through a keener knowledge of the methods.

How would the course be structured if it was the way you liked?

Fred


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