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Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are an emergent educational platform which deliver content online and are made freely available to anyone wishing to take them. Dave Cormier is widely credited with having devised the acronym, MOOC, to describe "a free course, that has a beginning and end date, which is open to everyone — irrespective of their level of education."<ref name="cMOOC_vs_xMOOC">[http://massiveopenonlinecourses.com/xmooc-vs-cmooc/ xMOOC vs. cMOOC] (MassiveOpenOnlineCourses.com)</ref> In order to receive accreditation for taking a MOOC, however, a student may need to pay a fee or be registered with a traditional educational institution such as a college. Well known MOOC platforms are ''edX''<ref>[http://www.edX.org edX]</ref> from [[MIT]], ''Coursera'',<ref>[http://www.coursera.org Coursera]</ref> and ''uDacity''.<ref>[http://www.uDacity.com uDacity]</ref> There are also MOOC platforms not sponsored by traditional educational institutions or commercial interests such as ''P2PU''<ref>[http://www.p2pu.org Peer To Peer University]</ref> or ''School of Data''.<ref>[http://www.schoolofdata.org School of Data]</ref>  
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are an emergent educational platform which deliver content online and are made freely available to anyone wishing to take them. Dave Cormier reports having devised the acronym, MOOC, to describe "a free course, that has a beginning and end date, which is open to everyone — irrespective of their level of education" <ref name="cMOOC_vs_xMOOC">[http://massiveopenonlinecourses.com/xmooc-vs-cmooc/ xMOOC vs. cMOOC] (MassiveOpenOnlineCourses.com)</ref> during an online chat with George Siemens in 2008.<ref name="Cormier2008">[http://davecormier.com/edblog/2008/10/02/the-cck08-mooc-connectivism-course-14-way/ The CCK08 MOOC – Connectivism course, 1/4 way]</ref> In order to receive accreditation for taking a MOOC, however, a student may need to pay a fee or be registered with a traditional educational institution such as a college. Well known MOOC platforms are ''edX''<ref>[http://www.edX.org edX]</ref> from [[MIT]], ''Coursera'',<ref>[http://www.coursera.org Coursera]</ref> and ''uDacity''.<ref>[http://www.uDacity.com uDacity]</ref> There are also MOOC platforms not sponsored by traditional educational institutions or commercial interests such as ''P2PU''<ref>[http://www.p2pu.org Peer To Peer University]</ref> or ''School of Data''.<ref>[http://www.schoolofdata.org School of Data]</ref>  


== History ==
== History ==

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Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are an emergent educational platform which deliver content online and are made freely available to anyone wishing to take them. Dave Cormier reports having devised the acronym, MOOC, to describe "a free course, that has a beginning and end date, which is open to everyone — irrespective of their level of education" [1] during an online chat with George Siemens in 2008.[2] In order to receive accreditation for taking a MOOC, however, a student may need to pay a fee or be registered with a traditional educational institution such as a college. Well known MOOC platforms are edX[3] from MIT, Coursera,[4] and uDacity.[5] There are also MOOC platforms not sponsored by traditional educational institutions or commercial interests such as P2PU[6] or School of Data.[7]

History

Candadian scholars George Siemens and Stephen Downes, proponents of the educational learning theory Connectivism, made key contributions and facilitated some of the first MOOCs.[1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 xMOOC vs. cMOOC (MassiveOpenOnlineCourses.com)
  2. ↑ The CCK08 MOOC – Connectivism course, 1/4 way
  3. ↑ edX
  4. ↑ Coursera
  5. ↑ uDacity
  6. ↑ Peer To Peer University
  7. ↑ School of Data
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