Games MOOC is created by Kae Novak, Instructional Designer of Front Range CC. Kae designed the MOOC to teach faculty about the different theories behind game-based learning and gamification, and how to apply them to teaching.

Game-based learning (GBL) means to use digital games to teach, whereas gamification means to apply game mechanics to render a situation, environment, class, or whatever, game-like.

Kae's Games MOOC is a MOOC about games, but is not a true representation of a gMOOC; the Games MOOC is about teaching participants about Game-Based Learning, whereas the gMOOC concept is on creating game-like MOOCs or digital game based MOOCs to teach a variety of disciplines.