A
MOOC (massive open online course) is an online course aimed at unlimited
participation and open access ia the web.
MOOCS are a recent development in distance
education and have now become a Surging
trend in higher education. The
ese classes are
aimed at expanding a university's reach from
thousands of tuition-paying students who
live in town, to millions of students around
the world. In addition to traditional course
Materials, MOOCS provide interactive.
forums to support interactions between
students and professors. MOOCS can
encourage communication among participants
who bring a variety of viewpoints, knowledge,
and skills to the course; inspire people to " try
on subjects that they wouldn t otherwise
pursue or even try on education itselt; provide
multiple ways to engage with course materl
encouraging multimode(多模式的) earning
that can address the needs of learners with a
variety of learning styles, and inspire better
teaching and use of technologies for face-to-
