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enhancements is Case Study 4, (Fisher). This was expected as this was the only
course that was adapted from an external institution and so he was actively applying
the course to his own programme.
It appears that the least action relates to the Case Study 1a, b and c but this is
misleading as the transcript was split into three as Himpele was reporting on behalf
of three other MOOCs. If you take these factors into consideration, and combine
the results it would appear that across the courses there are consistent themes.

5. Case Studies

5.1 CASE STUDY 1

Academic : Jeff Himpele, Senior Associate Director, McGraw Centre.
Institution: Princeton University
MOOC: Three MOOCs represented (History of the World since 1300; Sociology 101
& Networks)
Context
This case study covers comments about three MOOCs which were run at the same
time and linked to classes on campus. These are reports from the MOOCs listed
below via Himpele.

1a) Sociology 101 course.
Academic: Mitchell Duneier
Lectures were recorded and they were available for both the Coursera students and
for the on campus students at Princeton. This was an existing course and this wa