I guess that is the buzz lately. What is a MOOC and what is it all about and is it a worthwhile endeavor?
According to Wikipedia: "A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at large-scale interactive participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for the students, professors, and TAs. MOOCs are a recent development in distance education.
I have been hearing about MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) a lot lately. There seem to be pros and cons and I wanted to find out more about it.
What a coincidence to see that Hibernian College in Dublin was offering a MOOC course in “Exploring Irish Identity”. It just so happened that I visited Ireland in July and to explore my Irish Identity. It seems like destiny!
I joined the course and found it amazing when I saw where the enrolled students were from. It was truly a massive course with countries like Tanzania, Netherlands, Canada and Belgium represented, just to name a few. I look forward to reporting back on my experience. But it's great to see that there are such a variety of MOOCs out there to learn just about anything.
Have you tried a MOOC? What was the subject? What was the experience?
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