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8. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs):  MOOCs are free non-degree online courses with open unlimited global enrollment to anyone who desires to learn, and regardless of their current educational level. http://www.moocs.co Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): A massive open online course (MOOC) is a free Web-based distance-learning program that is designed for the participation of large numbers of geographically dispersed students. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/massively-open-online-course-MOOC  

MOOCs Massive Open Online Course Providers

MOOCs Massive Open Online Course Providers

"A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aiming at large-scale interactive participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for the students, professors, and TAs. MOOCs are a recent development in distance education and often use open educational resources. Typically they do not offer academic credit or charge tuition fees. Only about 10% of the tens of thousands of students who may sign up complete the course"

A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course that has open access and interactive participation by means of the Web. MOOCs provide participants with course materials that are normally used in a conventional education setting - such as examples, lectures, videos, study materials and problem sets.

Higher Education MOOCs Providers

Higher Education MOOCs Providers

These courses can be fully taken online. They are 'open' in the sense that they can be accessed by anyone anywhere as long as you have an internet connection, and that they are free of charge. And they are called 'massive' because generally they go for large target groups.