GIS and Geography MOOCs

Early 2015:

1. Geospatial MOOCs
2. Introduction to Geospatial Technology Using QGIS
3. Skills for the Digital Earth (Elmhurst College)

Upcoming:

1. Fundamentals of GIS for Conservation (6 modules from the Nature Conservancy)
2. Going Places with Spatial Analysis by Esri (upcoming, course outline).
3. Geospatial Intelligence & the Geospatial Revolution (starting 14 January 2015)
4. Introduction to GIS using gvSIG (24 November to 20 December 2014)

Starting now:

1. From GPS and Google Maps to Spatial Computing (started 23 September 2014)
2. Desktop GIS from Peggy Minnis at Pace University (started 1 September 2014, read syllabus here and enroll here)
3. Teaching Geography for the 21st Century (started 3 September 2014, more about this course from Joe Kerski) 
4. Introduction to GIS and Mapping by Open Online Education (started 1 September 2014)
5. GPS: An Introduction to Satellite Navigation, with an interactive Worldwide Laboratory using Smartphones by Stanford via Coursera (starts 13 October 2014).

Ongoing, finished, or closed:

1. Exploring Geographic Information Systems by Simon Fraser University. (Self-paced, but currently closed).
2. Introduction to Geospatial Technology using QGIS (and other open-source GIS courses under Academy Links, also great tutorials and labs on YouTube).
3. Maps and the Geospatial Revolution by PennState via Coursera (just finished).
4. Geodesign: Change Your World by PennState via Coursera (just finished.
5. Skills for the Digital Earth by Elmhurst College via Desire2Learn (just finished).

For a discussion of MOOCs, GIS, and Online Education in general consider "Crossing Borders" (a column by Doug Richardson in ArcNews Summer 2014).