Massive Open Online Courses

As the world continuously evolves, systems also evolve. In the aspect of education, the programs are also evolving and getting better and better. With the use of technology, getting an education today is easy. There is a new innovation to education called Massive Open Online Courses or MOOC. This is the new way to take up full courses for free.

MOOC for Everyone

MOOC is a fresh innovation of educational development. Many are attracted to MOOC especially those in the higher education community. A large number of people all around the world can get free courses. You can access different topics and course materials that are needed to the time you are free or you are convenient.

MOOC provide an interactive environment between students, teaching assistants and professor. It was first introduced last 2006 but it was widely used as a mode of learning in 2012. MOOC used closed licenses for their course materials but the students van still access for free.

Types of MOOC’s

There are several types of MOOC’s available. For some, participants need to fully register to participate. Others have easily accessible contents and activities for anyone who has Internet connection from anywhere in the world. Some are heavily based on videos, while still others require reading articles.

Some MOOC’s emphasize the use of social media platforms like Twitter and the use of a blog. Most of the MOOC’s still follow proven conventional formats like a discussion among participants, some form of questions and answers, tests, coursework and so on.

Access to Higher Education

MOOC’s are an important tool widen access to Higher Education (HE) for millions of people, especially to the people from the developing country to help the people get a better life. MOOC’s makes knowledge reachable to everyone including the poor ones.

Affordable Formal Education Alternative

Many are struggling to have a tertiary education because of the high expenses. But due to the availability of affordable technologies, many students can get free university courses all around the world. MOOC’s provide a complete course experience online for free by just having an internet connection.

Indeed technologies really make the lives of the people easier. It also helps many students that can’t afford to go to school to have an opportunity to take up the course they want for free online. The educational development like MOOC is really helpful to many.

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