For those new to MOOing, the web holds a treasurehouse of information about the how and why of using MOOs and MUDs with classes. Michael Day, Eric Crump, and Rebecca Rickly recently published a chapter on using synchronous environments called "Creating a Virtual Academic Community: Scholarship and Community in Wide Area Multiple-User Synchronous Discussions" and a chapter on using ENFI (Electronic Networks for Interaction, the synchronous writing that occurs in MOOs and MUDs) with writing classes, "The Network-based Writing Classroom: The ENFI Idea" by Michael Day and Trent Batson is also available on the web.

Much information about MOOs and how to locate them can be found at Jeffery Galin's MOOcentral page, and Traci Gardner's MOO tips page gives many helpful hints about getting started, not to mention the delicate issue of netiquette! Finally, a complete internet glossary compiled by Michael Day and Richard Selfe is available courtesy of the Epiphany Project.