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= Overview <br/> =

Massive Open Online Courses open online courses (MOOC) is are a way to make knowledge and information available to anyone. Like the name implies, they are free online courses available online, they which are open to anyone which generally makes them massive. There are many free options available, they but paid courses also exist. The courses do not count for credit. As they are open to anyone, attending university is not a requirement. However, and they provide a great way for people to not only access course information and materials (such as documents, videos, and exercises) but also to participate and interact with the facilitators and other participants. Due to the nature of the course, it is up to the students to decide how much they actually learn. These courses are offered by many universities and organizations and the topics covered range across all disciplines.

= Popularity<br/> = MOOCs first became popular in 2006 and quickly became very popular. Millions of people around the world use MOOCs now, of which many are from third world countries. MOOCs truly have an impact on the ability to learn [[File:MOOCpopularity.png]] = Benefits <br/> =

4. A stress-free , low threshold way to learn; no need to worry about grades and payments.

6. They are all available to you now anywhere with internet access!&nbsp;

= MOOC Sites Limitations&nbsp;<br/> =

[http://online1.stanfordSelf-regulation is a must. If you're the type of person that has trouble staying focussed, this may not be for you.edu/about Stanford Online]

“Stanford Online offers a variety 2. Due to the massivess of professional education opportunities in conjunction with the courses (many of participants), controlling the University’s schools and departments.&nbsp;We also offer an array of free online courses taught by Stanford faculty to lifelong learners worldwidelearning process is difficult for instructors.”

[https://www3.udemyDigital literacy and a computer are required to participate. These courses are not suited for rural third world areas.com/ Udemy]

“Today, 2 million students in 190+ countries are taking online courses on Udemy. They’re learning Programming, Yoga, Design, Photography, Spanish, Marketing, Guitar, Finance, Cake Decorating, and so much more. More than 12,000 courses (in 10 different languages!) have been published in our marketplace4. Each course is designed & taught by an expert instructor and hundreds With the huge availability of new these courses are published every month, it may be difficult to know where to start.”

<span style="The free iTunes U app gives you access to color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: ProximaNovaRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 1;">"In South America, China, countries in Africa, there is a huge appetite for learning, and some of the world's largest best courses are being offered online catalog of free education content from leading institutions -- on your iPad. If people are genuinely fascinated by learning, iPhonethen why not? The real challenge is to allow those countries not just consume and study Moocs, or iPod touchbut also to create them."- Mike Sharples, chair of Educational Technology. He published a report in 2012 predicting the rise of MOOCs.</span>

[http<span style="color://webcastrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.berkeley8); font-family: ProximaNovaRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 1;">“The evolving form knits together education, entertainment (think gaming) and social networking.edu/series#cUnlike its antecedent,s webcastopen courseware — usually written materials or videotapes of lectures that make you feel as if you’re spying on a class from the back of the room — the MOOC is a full course made with you in mind.berkeley]&nbsp;”– Published in The Year of the MOOC in 2012</span>

[http://ocwoli.mitcmu.edu/index.htm MIT Carnegie Mellon Open Courseware&nbsp;Learning Initiative]"The Open Learning Initiative offers online courses to anyone who wants to learn or teach. Our aim is to combine open, high-quality courses, continuous feedback, and research to improve learning and transform higher education."

[https://online.duke.edu/ Duke University] "<span style="color: rgb(51Endowed in 1924, 51Duke is a university with the ambition and audacity to make a global impact in our new century. We seek to grow, 51); font-family: arialconnect, helveticaand empower diverse and inclusive communities of excellence to enhance the creation, sans-serif;">Through OCWdelivery, educators improve courses and curriculatranslation of knowledge for a rapidly changing world. Through online learning, making their schools more effective; Duke seeks to offer flexible global learning opportunities to a wide set of students find additional resources to help them succeed; and independent learners enrich throughout their lives and use the content to tackle some of our world’s most difficult challenges, including sustainable development, climate change, and cancer eradication."</span>

[httphttps://ituneswww.dukeedx.eduorg/ DedX][http://itunes"EdX offers interactive online classes and MOOCs from the world's best universities. Online courses from MITx, HarvardX, BerkeleyX, UTx and many other universities. Topics include biology, business, chemistry, computer science, economics, finance, electronics, engineering, food and nutrition, history, humanities, law, literature, math, medicine, music, philosophy, physics, science, statistics and more.dukeEdX is a non-profit online initiative created by founding partners Harvard and MIT.edu/ uke University]"

[http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative H][http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative arvard Open Courses]&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Duke "Videos for the following free Harvard courses are made available on iTunes Uby the Harvard Extension School's Open Learning Initiative. "Learn with Duke. Any timeFeaturing Harvard faculty, the noncredit courses are open to the public. AnywhereYou do not need to register to view the lecture videos."</span>

[httphttps://www.extensionapple.harvard.educom/apps/openitunes-learning-initiative Hu/ iTunes U][http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open"The free iTunes U app gives you access to the world's largest online catalog of free education content from leading institutions -learning-initiative arvard Open Courses]on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch."

<span style="color[https: rgb(51//www.khanacademy.org/ Khan Academy] 'Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, 51history, 51); font-family: arialart history, helveticaeconomics, sansand more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-serif;">"Videos for the following free Harvard courses are made available by the Harvard Extension School-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. We's Open Learning Initiative. Featuring Harvard facultyve also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, the noncredit courses are open and MIT to the publicoffer specialized content. You do not need ' Khan Academy is utilized in many classrooms and offers an additional feature that allows you to register "coach" other students and allows you to view the lecture videosmonitor their progress and see in which areas they are struggling or striving."</span>&nbsp;

[httpshttp://wwwocw.uclaextensionmit.edu/pages/searchindex.aspx?chtm MIT Open Courseware] "<span style=free+"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Through OCW, educators improve courses UCLA Extension]and curricula, making their schools more effective; students find additional resources to help them succeed; and independent learners enrich their lives and use the content to tackle some of our world’s most difficult challenges, including sustainable development, climate change, and cancer eradication."</span>

<span style="font-family[http:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"<span style="line-height: 14//online.stanford.882790565490723px;">As one edu/about Stanford Online] “Stanford Online offers a variety of the nation’s oldest, largest, and most comprehensive continuing higher professional education providers, UCLA Extension gives you all opportunities in conjunction with many of the options University’s schools and wide range departments.&nbsp;We also offer an array of free online courses you needtaught by Stanford faculty to lifelong learners worldwide."</span></span>”

[httphttps://oycwww.yaleuclaextension.edu/ pages/search.aspx?c=free+courses UCLA Extension] <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"<span style="line-height: 14.882790565490723px8828px;">As one of the nation’s oldest, largest, and most comprehensive continuing higher education providers, UCLA Extension gives you all the options and a&nbsp;wide range of courses you need."</span></span>Open Yale]

"Open Yale Courses provides free [https://www.udemy.com/ Udemy] “Today, 2 million students in 190+ countries are taking online courses on Udemy. They’re learning Programming, Yoga, Design, Photography, Spanish, Marketing, Guitar, Finance, Cake Decorating, and open access to a selection of introductory so much more. More than 12,000 courses (in 10 different languages!) have been published in our marketplace. Each course is designed & taught by distinguished teachers an expert instructor and scholars at Yale Universityhundreds of new courses are published every month. The aim of the project is ” These courses require a small fee to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learntheir content."&nbsp;

[http://oliwebcast.cmuberkeley.edu/ Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiativeseries#c,s webcast.berkeley]&nbsp; "webcast.berkeley is UC Berkeley's central service for online video & audio for students and learners around the globe." This site requires a Berkeley login to access its content. Free content can be found on edX or iTunesU.

[http://oyc.yale.edu/ Open Yale] "The Open Learning Initiative offers online Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses to anyone who wants to learn or teachtaught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. Our The aim of the project is to combine open, high-quality courses, continuous feedback, and research expand access to educational materials for all who wish to improve learning and transform higher educationlearn."

...and many more! You can use [httpshttp://www.edxmooc-list.orgcom/ edXthis search engine]for many of the MOOC providers.&nbsp;

Listen to UIF fellow Trevor Nicks talk about his experience using edX as a way to introduce a new course at his college and check out this article with suggestions on how to implement this at your college.&nbsp;[[http://www.mooc-list.com/ MHow_to_leverage_Harvard's_free_CS50_online_class_to_teach_code_on_your_campus|How_to_leverage_Harvard's_free_CS50_online_class_to_teach_code_on_your_campus][http://www.mooc-list.com/ OOC List]

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= Video Sources =

Still confused about MOOCs? Watch this great short video written and narrated by Dave Cormier[https://www.&nbsp;theguardian.com/education/2014/jan/20/moocs-global-thirst-education The Guardian]

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