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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This paper presents the Massively Open Online Course for Educators (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">MOOC</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">E</jats:styled-content>d) network dataset. It entails information on two online communication networks resulting from two consecutive offerings of the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">MOOC</jats:styled-content> called <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case"><jats:italic>T</jats:italic></jats:styled-content><jats:italic>he</jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case"><jats:italic>D</jats:italic></jats:styled-content><jats:italic>igital</jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case"><jats:italic>L</jats:italic></jats:styled-content><jats:italic>earning</jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case"><jats:italic>T</jats:italic></jats:styled-content><jats:italic>ransition in</jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case"><jats:italic>K</jats:italic></jats:styled-content><jats:italic>‐12</jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case"><jats:italic>S</jats:italic></jats:styled-content><jats:italic>chools</jats:italic> in spring and fall 2013. The courses were offered to educators from the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">USA</jats:styled-content> and abroad. Though based on the same course, minor controlled variations were made to both <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">MOOCs</jats:styled-content> in terms of the course length, discussion prompts and group size. The dataset provides opportunities to examine how participants leverage online communication forums to support their learning. In particular, it allows modeling network mechanisms to better understand factors that facilitate or impede the exchange of information among educators.</jats:p>