Hello! Today I'll speak about MOOCs.

What is MOOC?
A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials, such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions to support community interactions among students, professors, and teaching assistants, as well as immediate feedback to quick quizzes and assignments. MOOCs are a widely researched development in distance education, first introduced in 2008, that emerged as a popular mode of learning in 2012.

MOOCs are a huge step in online learning. It's not like online school or just a course. It is open and massive, so anyone can join to learn whatever they like for free. It is a way to connect and collaborate while developing digital skills. It's a way of engaging in a learning process. It's an event, around which people who are interested in the topic gather to discuss it in a structured way. 

Nowadays a person can learn everything and everywhere. And MOOC is one of hte ways to doing that. A great number MOOC platforms have been created for people to join and learn. And I'll try to share some of them with you.

edX
edX is an American massive open online course (MOOC) provider created by Harvard and MIT. It hosts online university-level courses in a wide range of disciplines to a worldwide student body, including some courses at no charge. It also conducts research into learning based on how people use its platform. edX is a nonprofit organization and runs on the free Open edX open-source software platform.
Its mission: 
Increase access to high-quality education for everyone, everywhere
Enhance teaching and learning on campus and online
Advance teaching and learning through research

Canvas 
Canvas is a course management system that supports online learning and teaching. It allows professors to post grades, information, and assignments online. It is being used by universities and colleges all over the world. 
Canvas offers discussion boards for asynchronous discussions, chat rooms for live discussions, centralized email (Canvas Conversations), so you can stay in touch with your instructor and communicate with other students, and even a way to submit assignments and take exams. 
Canvas provides the tools to support online learning in a variety of ways. This can range from structured learning pathways to dynamic, interactive virtual classrooms. How a course is presented online depends on the content and complexity of the learning material, and the delivery methodology used by the instructor.
Its mission is: to promote OPENNESS, INNOVATION, and EXPERIMENTATION in education by providing educators access to professional development courses and programs that will help them thrive and succeed in their careers.

Coursera
Coursera  is an American massive open online course (MOOC) provider founded in 2012 by Stanford University that offers massive open online courses (MOOC), specializations, degrees, professional and mastertrack courses. Coursera works with universities and other organizations to offer online courses, certifications, and degrees in a variety of subjects.
Every course on Coursera is taught by top instructors from world-class universities and companies, so you can learn something new anytime, anywhere. Hundreds of free courses give you access to on-demand video lectures, homework exercises, and community discussion forums. 

Personally, I got interested in Coursera MOOC provider. It attracted my opinion with modern design and friendly interface. There is a huge number of courses on various topics, so one is free to choose anything he/she likes. And I have already registered in the platform and chosen some courses which will be useful for me.


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