What happened to the expected change of the educational world?
Do you remember when around 2012 the idea of MOOCs rapidly spread through our campuses? We were euphoric about this great idea of making knowledge accessible to everyone. Massive Open Online Course were supposed to change the world of education.
But now the hype has died down. Surveys have shown that the completion rate in such courses is below 10%. Besides, it turned out that that most registrants are college-educated men from industrialized countries. So it seems that MOOCs haven't lived up to our expectations.
Regardless of this, I still love MOOCs and I hope that organizations continue to offer such courses. You can learn about nearly everything you can think of and this from the most prestigious universities from all over the world. For example you could do a course in quantum physics at MIT then learn about globalization at Harvard University and eventually head for a class on Shakespeare taught by University of Birmingham.
To be honest, it's rather unlikely that you’ll make a big career jump simply by taking MOOCs. But these interactive courses are definitely fun and perfect to broaden one’s mind.
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What happened to the expected change of the educational world?
Do you remember when around 2012 the idea of MOOCs rapidly spread through our campuses? We were euphoric about this great idea of making knowledge accessible to everyone. Massive Open Online Course were was supposed to change the world of education. (Or "Massive Open Online Courses were supposed to...")But now the hype has died down. Surveys have shown that the completion rate in such courses is below 10%. Besides, it turned out that that most registrants are college-educated men from industrialized countries. So it seems that MOOCs haven't lived up to our expectations.
Regardless of this, I still love MOOCs and I hope that organizations continue to offer such courses. You can learn about nearly everything you can think of and this from the most prestigious universities from all over the world. For example you could do a course in quantum physics at MIT then learn about globalization at Harvard University and eventually head for a class on Shakespeare taught by the University of Birmingham.
To be honest, it's rather unlikely that you’ll make a big career jump simply by taking MOOCs. But these interactive courses are definitely fun and perfect to broaden one’s mind.
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What happened to the expected change of the educational world?
Do you remember the time around 2012 when the advent of MOOCs was spreading rapidly through our campuses? We were euphoric about this great new idea of making knowledge accessible to everyone. Massive Open Online Courses were supposed to change the world of education.But now the hype has died down. Surveys have shown that the completion rates in such courses are below 10%. Besides, it turned out that
Regardless of this, I still love MOOCs, and I hope that the organizations involved will continue to offer such courses. You can study online/learn/ about nearly everything you can think of and
To be honest, it's rather unlikely that you’ll make a big career jump simply by taking MOOCs. But these interactive courses are definitely fun and perfect
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