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A MOOC is a Massive, Open, Online Course. | A MOOC is a Massive, Open, Online Course. | ||
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| + | ===How did MOOC's get started?=== | ||
| + | According to an article from the Washington post: [From: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/campus-overload/post/what-in-the-world-is-a-mooc/2012/09/24/50751600-0662-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_blog.html How did it start?] | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
===Who offers MOOC's?=== | ===Who offers MOOC's?=== | ||
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What is a MOOC?
A MOOC is a Massive, Open, Online Course.
How did MOOC's get started?
According to an article from the Washington post: [From: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/campus-overload/post/what-in-the-world-is-a-mooc/2012/09/24/50751600-0662-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_blog.html 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.
