MOOC

In recent years, Massive Open Online Courses, also known as MOOC, have become popular. Let’s take a closer look at the MOOC education. First and foremost, MOOCs offer people an opportunity to take quality courses, further their education, and achieve goals without having to pay thousands of dollars. Since MOOCs can be taken openly by anyone who has internet access. They are mostly asynchronous. Most MOOCs are broken into 5 minute segments followed by multiple choice questions. Because many learners find this style boring to say the least, the average dropout rate is about 90 percent. While most MOOCs are not interactive in nature, truly motivated learners can obtain the needed skills, which allow them to move up the career ladder or get a step closer towards a higher-paying job. Some of the leading universities including Yale, MIT, and Harvard are now offering MOOCs in all areas ranging from Literature, Medicine, and Business, to Computer Science. While most of these MOOCs are … [Read more...] about To MOOC Or Not To MOOC?