#futuring today on #FTTE Forum: #MOOCs with @edX's @agarwaledu

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This week we're returning to the topic of MOOCs, with the guidance of one of the world leaders in that field.  On Thursday, October 4th, from 2-3 pm ET, we'll be joined by Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX and professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anant Agarwal is the CEO of edX, founded by Harvard and MIT. Anant taught the first edX course on circuits and electronics from MIT, which drew 155,000 students from 162 countries. He has served as the director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He is a successful serial entrepreneur, having co-founded several companies including Tilera Corporation, which created the Tile multicore processor, and Virtual Machine Works. Anant won the Maurice Wilkes prize for computer architecture, and MIT's Smullin and Jamieson prizes for teaching.  He is also the 2016 recipient of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize for Higher Education, which recognized his work in advancing the MOOC movement. Additionally, he is a recipient of the Padma Shri award from the President of India. He holds a Guinness World Record for the largest microphone array, and is an author of the textbook "Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits." Scientific American selected his work on organic computing as one of 10 World- Changing Ideas in 2011, and he was named in Forbes' list of top 15 education innovators in 2012.  He hacks on WebSim, an online circuits laboratory, in his spare time. Anant holds a Ph.D. from Stanford and a bachelor's from IIT Madras. Anant's twitter handle is @agarwaledu. I plan on asking professor Agarwal about how he sees MOOCs evolving in the near and medium term future.  How are they faring after their spectacular hype crash? I am also interested in the very ambitious edX 2022 goal of reaching 100 million learners (!), just announced. More importantly, you will have the chance to ask your own questions. After all, the way the Forum works is that all attendees can ask our guests questions, engage and collaborate with other leaders in education technology, and also invite friends and colleagues to join. To RSVP ahead of time, or to jump straight in at 2 pm EDT this Thursday, click here: https://shindig.com/login/event/ftf-agarwal   To find more information about the Future Trends Forum, including notes and recordings of all previous sessions, click here: https://bryanalexander.org/the-future-trends-forum/ .  Copyright © 2018 Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC PO Box 12 753 Pearl Lee Road Ripton, VT 05766