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A MOOC is a Massive, Open, Online Course. | A MOOC is a Massive, Open, Online Course. | ||
| − | * MOOCS can have 400,000-500,000 students. | + | * MOOCS can have 400,000 - 500,000 students. |
* Open usually means all you have to do to sign up and provide your email: usually, there were no prerequisites. | * Open usually means all you have to do to sign up and provide your email: usually, there were no prerequisites. | ||
** Students don’t register with an institution, and no FTE is generated. | ** Students don’t register with an institution, and no FTE is generated. | ||
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What is a MOOC?
A MOOC is a Massive, Open, Online Course.
- MOOCS can have 400,000 - 500,000 students.
- Open usually means all you have to do to sign up and provide your email: usually, there were no prerequisites.
- Students don’t register with an institution, and no FTE is generated.
- But, more MOOC vendors are creating partnerships with universities to offer some type of verified certificate to students, that students have to pay for.
How did MOOC's get started?
According to an article from the Washington post: How did it start?
Coursera, a for-profit company started in 2011, by two Stanford University computer science professors, partnered with a number of big-name schools — including Princeton University and the University of Virginia — to offer free, no-credit courses online.
