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A MOOC is a Massive, Open, Online Course. | A MOOC is a Massive, Open, Online Course. | ||
| − | * | + | * MOOC's can have 400,000 - 500,000 students. |
| − | * Open usually means all you have to do to | + | * MOOC's have only been offered online-you must have access to the internet to take a course. |
| + | * Open usually means all you have to do to register is to provide your email address; and usually, there were no prerequisites. | ||
** Students usually register with a vendor, who forms partnerships with universities, so no FTE is generated. | ** Students usually register with a vendor, who forms partnerships with universities, so no FTE is generated. | ||
** But, more MOOC vendors are creating partnerships with universities to offer some type of [http://www.moocs.co/Credits_for_MOOCS__News.html verified certificate] to students, that students have to pay for. | ** But, more MOOC vendors are creating partnerships with universities to offer some type of [http://www.moocs.co/Credits_for_MOOCS__News.html verified certificate] to students, that students have to pay for. | ||
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What is a MOOC?
A MOOC is a Massive, Open, Online Course.
- MOOC's can have 400,000 - 500,000 students.
- MOOC's have only been offered online-you must have access to the internet to take a course.
- Open usually means all you have to do to register is to provide your email address; and usually, there were no prerequisites.
- Students usually register with a vendor, who forms partnerships with universities, so 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.
