Benefits And Challenges Of Massive Open Online Courses

Education trend has changed over the years with easier access, within practical reach to mass learners. Massive Open Online Course or MOOC is one of the most recent innovations in education. It is a form of open source learning system that offers free short online courses to anyone who has acces...

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Main Author: Chiam , Chooi Chea
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Published: ASEAN Journal of Open and Distance Learning 2016
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description Education trend has changed over the years with easier access, within practical reach to mass learners. Massive Open Online Course or MOOC is one of the most recent innovations in education. It is a form of open source learning system that offers free short online courses to anyone who has accessibility to the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses are available to anyone in the world with a huge number of learners. It offers a lifelong learning opportunity to anyone. This opportunity is made possible by innovation, experimentation and use of technology. This paper outline a brief history of the beginning of the MOOC, different types of MOOC as well as the benefits and challenges derived from offering MOOC from the perspectives of various stakeholders. [ABSTRACT BY AUTHOR]
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spelling oai:eprints.oum.edu.my:10652017-01-10T04:07:11Z Benefits And Challenges Of Massive Open Online Courses Chiam , Chooi Chea LB1028 Research - Education LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education Education trend has changed over the years with easier access, within practical reach to mass learners. Massive Open Online Course or MOOC is one of the most recent innovations in education. It is a form of open source learning system that offers free short online courses to anyone who has accessibility to the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses are available to anyone in the world with a huge number of learners. It offers a lifelong learning opportunity to anyone. This opportunity is made possible by innovation, experimentation and use of technology. This paper outline a brief history of the beginning of the MOOC, different types of MOOC as well as the benefits and challenges derived from offering MOOC from the perspectives of various stakeholders. [ABSTRACT BY AUTHOR] ASEAN Journal of Open and Distance Learning 2016-06 Article PeerReviewed text https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1065/1/library-document-1065.pdf http://ajodl.oum.edu.my/sites/default/files/document/vol8-no1/P3%20AJODL%20v8no1.pdf Chiam , Chooi Chea (2016) Benefits And Challenges Of Massive Open Online Courses. ASEAN Journal of Open & Distance Learning (AJODL), 8 (1). pp. 16-23. ISSN 2232-0814 https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1065/
spellingShingle LB1028 Research - Education
LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
Chiam , Chooi Chea
Benefits And Challenges Of Massive Open Online Courses
title Benefits And Challenges Of Massive Open Online Courses
title_full Benefits And Challenges Of Massive Open Online Courses
title_fullStr Benefits And Challenges Of Massive Open Online Courses
title_full_unstemmed Benefits And Challenges Of Massive Open Online Courses
title_short Benefits And Challenges Of Massive Open Online Courses
title_sort benefits and challenges of massive open online courses
topic LB1028 Research - Education
LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
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