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List Of MOOC Providers
The following is a list of notable massive open online course providers (MOOCs) worldwide. No longer available * Coursmos * Eliademy Eliademy ™lɪaˈdÉ™miwas a free online classroom that allowed educators and students to create, share and manage online courses with real-time discussions and task management. Eliademy was based on Moodle (support import in Moodle format), Boots ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:MOOCs E-learning Higher education-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massive Open Online Course
A massive open online course (MOOC ) or an open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web. In addition to traditional course materials, such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions to support community interactions among students, professors, and teaching assistants (TAs), as well as immediate feedback to quick quizzes and assignments. MOOCs are a widely researched development in distance education, first introduced in 2008, that emerged as a popular mode of learning in 2012, a year called the "Year of the MOOC". Early MOOCs (cMOOCs: Connectivist MOOCs) often emphasized open-access features, such as open licensing of content, structure and learning goals, to promote the reuse and remixing of resources. Some later MOOCs (xMOOCs: extended MOOCs) use closed licenses for their course materials while maintaining free access for students. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OpenHPI (Online Education)
openHPI is a platform for massive open online courses ( MOOC) in the field of computer science and information technology. It is hosted at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, Germany. openHPI is open to everyone, and participation is free of charge. Everybody can register and enroll for courses without any prerequisites. openHPI's courses are derived from HPI's bachelor and master programs in IT-Systems Engineering and cover both, foundations of information technology as well as highly topical innovations. The course languages are English and German. openHPI offers around six to ten courses per year. All courses follow the same educational format: The subject domain is split into two to six weekly units. Each week, video lectures, reading materials and quizzes are presented in a learning sequence. Learners can ask their questions and discuss points of interest with each other in the course discussion forum which is actively moderated by the teaching team. Learning prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliademy
Eliademy ™lɪaˈdÉ™miwas a free online classroom that allowed educators and students to create, share and manage online courses with real-time discussions and task management. Eliademy was based on Moodle (support import in Moodle format), Bootstrap and other open source technologies. Eliademy was unveiled to public in February 2013O'Hear, SteveEliademy, a free online classroom from Finland democratizes education with technology "TechCrunch" March 12, 2013. by CBTec. Eliademy was available in 32 languages. History CBTec was founded in Helsinki, Finland in 2012 by Sotiris Makrygiannis and Sergey Gerasimenko. Following Nokia announcement on choosing Windows Phone as primary OS for its phones,Heather, BrianNokia's Stephen Elop is still over MeeGo, even if the N9 is a hit "Engadget" June 25, 2011. Sotiris Makrygiannis, at the time Director of Open Source Operations, left together with 16 MeeGo colleagues. Their last project in Nokia was award-winning Nokia N9. Eliademy Android c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coursmos
Coursmos is an online micro-learning platform. It offers approximately 50,000 lessons within approximately 11,000 courses with courses broken down into smaller lessons, typically no longer than three minutes each. Launched in 2013, it has been attributed as the world's first platform that supports micro learning. History Coursmos was founded by Roman Kostochka and Vyacheslav Grachev. The concept was developed based on a YouTube study that documented people watching users video of up to three minutes with longer videos getting abandoned. Coursmos was a participant in Happy Farm, an American-Ukrainian Business Accelerator. Although founded in Russia, it moved its headquarters to San Francisco, California in 2013, the same year the site was first launched. Coursmos was designed as a mobile-first application, launching as a mobile app in the Apple Appstore and following up with an app in Google Play. The web platform of the company was launched in early 2014. Funding for Coursmos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udemy
Udemy, Inc. is a global destination for teaching and learning online. It was founded in May 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani, and Oktay Caglar. As of November 2022, the platform has more than 57 million students, 213,000 courses, and 74,000 instructors teaching courses in over 75 languages. There have been over 773 million course enrollments. Students take courses primarily to improve job-related skills.Lomas, NatashaOnline Learning Marketplace Udemy Raises $32M To Scale Up Internationally ''TechCrunch''. May 8, 2014 Some courses generate credit toward technical certification. Udemy has made a special effort to attract corporate trainers seeking to create coursework for employees of their company.Carr, David FUdemy Comes To Corporate Training''Information Week''. April 16, 2013 The headquarters of Udemy is located in San Francisco, United States, US, with hubs in Denver, US; Dublin, Ireland; Ankara, Turkey; São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Gurugram, India. History In 2007, U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
