JOLT Call for Papers on MOOCs

MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching Call for Papers – 

Special Issue Proposal Submission Deadline: November 15, 2012 

Full Paper Submission Deadline: January 31, 2013 

Special Issue: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) 

Guest Editors: George Siemens, Athabasca University, Canada 

Valerie Irvine, University of Victoria, Canada 

Jillianne Code, University of Victoria, Canada 

 Authors of prospective papers for the special issue are invited to submit via e-mail to the Guest Editors, on or before November 15, 2012, a proposal in the form of an extended abstract of approximately 500 words outlining the content and aims of the proposed paper. Proposals are to be submitted via e-mail to jolt.moocs@gmail.com and should include a list of core and other relevant references (not included in the word count). Authors will be notified no later than November 30, 2012 as to the status of their proposals. Full manuscripts prepared in accordance with JOLT’s Guidelines for Authors (http://jolt.merlot.org/guidelines.html) will need to be submitted by January 31, 2013 via the JOLT Manuscript Management System (http://joltmms.merlot.org/) with an indication in the “Comments” field that the submission is for the JOLT special issue on MOOCs. http://jolt.merlot.org/jolt_moocs_cfp.pdf