{"id":308,"date":"2016-08-01T07:47:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T07:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toppersnotes.com\/?p=308"},"modified":"2016-08-01T07:47:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T07:47:57","slug":"moocs-a-changing-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppersnotes.com\/moocs-a-changing-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"MOOCs \u2013 A changing landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"
Free online courses from world-leading universities: sounds a bit too good to be true, doesn\u2019t it? Well, you better start believing, because that\u2019s exactly what MOOCs (massive open online courses) are.<\/p>\n
Students can now get a taste of education at some of the world\u2019s top universities without spending a penny, leaving their own home or even going through an application procedure \u2013 by taking free online courses offered by an ever-growing selection of institutions.<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, MOOCs have garnered a lot of attention, and a lot of users. The first MOOC offered by edX (established by MIT and Harvard) attracted an amazing 155,000 students. The platform aims to reach no fewer than one billion users.<\/p>\n
A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive user forums to support community interactions between students, professors, and teaching assistants (TAs). MOOCs are a recent and widely researched development in distance education which was first introduced in 2008 and emerged as a popular mode of learning in 2012. Early MOOCs often emphasized open-access features, such as open licensing of content, structure and learning goals, to promote the reuse and remixing of resources. Some later MOOCs use closed licenses for their course materials while maintaining free access for students.<\/p>\n
MOOC providers<\/p>\n
Provider<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n | Founded<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Stanford Online<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Khan Academy<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | NPTEL<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | WizIQ<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Canvas Network<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Peer to Peer University<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Academic Earth<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Udemy<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Udacity<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Eliademy<\/a>\u00a0based on the Open Source\u00a0Moodle<\/a>Virtual learning environment<\/a>.<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | openHPI<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | FutureLearn<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | OpenLearning<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Coursera<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | edX<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | iversity<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | One Month<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | MOOEC<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | NovoEd<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Open2Study<\/a><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | <\/h1>\n |