Commentary: Massive open online courses

Massive Open Online Courses

Massive Open Online Courses

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a new addition to the open educational provision. They are offered mainly by prestigious universities on various commercial and non-commercial MOOC platforms allowing anyone who is interested to experience the world class teaching practiced in these universities. MOOCs have attracted wide interest from around the world. However, learner demographics in MO...

Explorer Massive Open Online Courses

Designing Massive Open Online Courses

Connective massive open online courses (MOOC) for teachers from Ukraine and Russia were conducted in 2011-2013. They were: Strategy of Distance Learning in the Organization, Social Services in Distance Learning, Distance Learning from A to Z, Designing Online Courses. The accumulated experience allowed to develop recommendations for each ADDIE step of MOOC designing for the Russian-speaking aud...

Massive Open Online Courses in Public Health

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) represent a new and potentially transformative model for providing educational opportunities to learners not enrolled in a formal educational program. The authors describe the experience of developing and offering eight MOOCs on a variety of public health topics. Existing institutional infrastructure and experience with both for-credit online education and op...