In this weeks activities we have considered how the role of the mentor changes in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) when compared with roles we traditionally associate with teaching. In this unscientific juxtaposition I have summarised how I perceive the main differences.

As you can see as the participant count increases the role of the educator changes. When courses become massive it is not possible to maintain some of the traditional tasks of educators such as marking or one to one support.

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