MOOCs: two literature reviews and a conference

A couple of recent literature reviews, freely accessible:
- Haggard, S. (2013) The Maturing of the MOOC: literature review of Massive Open Online Courses and other forms of distance learning. (Research paper; 130) London: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/240193/13-1173-maturing-of-the-mooc.pdf
- Liyanagunawardena1, T., Adams, A. and Williams, S. (2013) MOOCs: A Systematic Study of the Published Literature 2008-2012. International review of distance learning, 14 (3). http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1455/2531
The event is EMOOCs 2014, the Second MOOC European Stakeholders Summit, February 10-12 2014, taking place in Lausanne (Switzerland).http://www.emoocs2014.eu/
Picture by Sheila Webber: Frankly I think this different-bins-for-different-rubbish thing has gone too far (Blackheath, August 2013).