MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course. It refers to a type of online course that is designed to be accessible to a large number of participants over the internet. MOOCs are typically offered by universities, educational institutions, or online learning platforms. They provide open access to educational resources, such as video lectures, readings, quizzes, and discussion forums, allowing learners from around the world to engage in self-paced or structured learning on a variety of subjects. MOOCs are often free or available at a significantly lower cost compared to traditional classroom-based courses, making education more accessible to a wider audience.

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2. MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE
• 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.
• They offer a large number of students the opportunity to study high quality courses
online with prestigious universities, often at no cost.
• They are ideal for independent study and users can select courses from any
institution offering them.

3. MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE
• MOOCS do not always lead to formal qualifications.
• There are no entry requirements.
• Video-based, they offer interaction either through peer review and group
collaboration or automated feedback through objective, online assessments
(including quizzes and exams)

4. HOW IT WORKS
• Basically, Massive Open Online works when a university decides to offer extra
courses by building an online student portal where anyone is welcome to study.
• The setting is like an e-classroom where all interactions are done via email and
message exchanges or video facilitation.

5. ADVANTAGES
• They are low cost routes to accessing quality courses.
• They can be combined with other study or work.
• They are accessed from any computer at any location including your home.

6. DISADVANTAGES
• MOOCS do not feed into a degree or other qualification but are self-contained.
• Few students complete the courses.
• Content from a MOOC offered by a university outside your home country may not
match cultural and other conditions with which you are familiar.

7. MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE
• This media and information trend is over-all beneficial to the public in many ways
and can be viewed as a good technological advancement.
• There may be different views on its efficiency, but it is no doubt a great innovation.

8. EXAMPLE OF MOOC
 Introduction to Computer Science (Harvard/edX)
 Learning how to Learn (UC San Diego / Coursera)
 Machine Learning (Stanford/Coursera)
 Justice (Harvard/edX)
 The Science of Happiness (Berkeley/edX)

9. CONCLUSION
• Massive Open Online course is a new media trend that has been beneficial to a
lot of people, especially those who are eager to learn. It is also convenient and it
offers a wide range of media and information use.
• Some would still prefer an actual classroom set up, but this innovation still work
well for the remaining others.

10. SUMMARY
• Massive Open Online is a web-based course system created for individuals in
different areas in the world who want to study but couldn't go to a university.
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• low cost
• ease of access
• works well even when part time
Disadvantages:
• cultural barriers few students who
complete the course
• non degree program