[posted on behalf of Zach Pardos, pardos@xxxxxxx] Please consider submitting and share with colleagues. **** ** ** *********** First Annual Workshop on Massive Open Online Courses (moocshop) July 9th or 13th (pending) - at the Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference in Memphis, TN h <http://www.moocshop.org/>ttp://www.moocshop.org The moocshop will survey the rapidly expanding ecosystem of Massive Open Online Courses. We will foster a cross-institutional and cross-platform dialogue in order to articulate and synthesize the plurality of challenges that arise when evaluating and designing MOOCs. While the forms and functions of MOOCs are currently evolving, we aim to develop a shared foundation for an interdisciplinary field of inquiry moving forward. **** ** ** We invite researchers, technologists, and course designers from universities and industry to share their approaches and perspectives on key topics, including analytics and data mining, assessment, credentialing, pedagogy, platform design, data standards, and privacy. See website<http://www.moocshop.org/> for a more detailed list of topics.**** ** ** Invited Speaker: George Siemens Deadline for submission: April 22nd Submission types: Short paper and abstract/title (see website)**** Organizers: Zach Pardos (MIT), Emily Schneider (Stanford)**** Contact: moocshop2013@xxxxxxxxx**** ** **