Edsurge
DECEMBER 23, 2020
This was the year that more people learned what a MOOC is. As millions suddenly found themselves with free time on their hands during the pandemic, many turned to online courses—especially, to free courses known as MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses. The last 48 hours have been crazy.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 28, 2021
In 2021, two of the biggest MOOC providers had an “exit” event. Ten years ago, more than 300,000 learners were taking the three free Stanford courses that kicked off the modern MOOC movement. I was one of those learners and launched Class Central as a side-project to keep track of these MOOCs.
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The Web20Classroom
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
Massively Open Online Course. Wikipedia defines MOOC as "an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. Simply, a MOOC is a online class you take that might have 100''s or 1000''s of people are participating at a time.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
A lot has changed since 2012 or, the year the New York Times dubbed the "Year of the MOOC." Today, many MOOC providers now charge a fee. They’ve rolled out bundles of courses called ‘Specializations’ or ‘Nanodegrees.’ So, seven years after the “Year of the MOOC,” we’re wondering: Where are these courses and companies today?
Edsurge
JANUARY 2, 2019
In the seven years since colleges and companies first started experimenting with large-scale online courses known as MOOCs, more than 100 million people have given them a try—though how they are used keeps changing. Two big trends dominated the MOOC landscape this year. edX – 18 million. XuetangX – 14 million.
Edsurge
JUNE 19, 2018
There isn’t a New York Times bestseller list for online courses, but perhaps there should be. After all, so-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, were meant to open education to as many learners as possible, and in many ways they are more like books (digital ones, packed with videos and interactive quizzes) than courses.
Edsurge
MAY 30, 2019
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) transfixed higher education in the early 2010s, so much so that The New York Times dubbed 2012 "The Year of the MOOC." According to the Times, the first edX online courses had a staggering 370,000 registrants. Yvette Mazariegos, an entrepreneur in Belize who learned from a MOOC.
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