Abstract. In this post, we show how the MOOC can inform classroom teaching by giving exemplaries of model instruction. Toward this end we review what the ideal classroom is, and how the MOOC (massive, open, online course) has superseded it at many institutions. We then indicate that what the MOOC offers does have significant merits and advantages. The Ideal Classroom . The ideal classroom is what MOOC opponents imagine when they make objections to this new mode of teaching and education. In the ideal classroom, students encounter an enlightened professor, giving inspired lectures, engaging students, teaching students, and creating a true learning community. The class is given at desired times, in a well designed classroom, with adequate lighting and comfortable seating. The class is relatively uniform in background, age, and learning experience. The class is small, say 10-15 students. This allows a closer community, allows instructors to know students, allows st
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