MOOCs (MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES)
MOOCs are short term courses which were launched in year 2008 by David Cornier to meet the growing learning needs and desires of individuals. The main charactertics of MOOCs are that they focus on large population size and open access via internet. These courses are recent extension in electronic modes of teaching and learning. MOOCs provide facilities to learner as they can overcome the physical barriers. Learners can get themselves online enrolled in MOOCs, and continue with the online medium only. In comparison to traditional learning MOOCs provide interactive course material followed by weekly assignments and quizzes. Intially MOOCs focus more on open- access (such as accessible content, social media interaction forum and structure) to promote the concept of MOOCs. These MOOCs were known as cMOOCs. It was followed by the concept of xMOOCs which targets audience by providing closed licensed course material to learners. The main MOOCs platforms are Cousera , Udacity and e...