{"id":860,"date":"2014-02-27T01:51:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T01:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/?page_id=860"},"modified":"2023-10-04T22:46:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T22:46:43","slug":"mooc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/mooc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rising Power of MOOCs: Now, Everyone Can Learn at Harvard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/mooc\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-League-Free.jpg\" alt=\"Ivy-League\" width=\"900\" height=\"4096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-League-Free.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-League-Free-225x1024.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><strong>Share this infographic on your site!<\/strong><br \/>\n<textarea cols=\"70\" rows=\"3\">&lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/mooc\/&#8221;&gt;&lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-League-Free.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;MOOCs&#8221; width=&#8221;500&#8243; &nbsp;border=&#8221;0&#8243; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/&#8221;&gt;Top10OnlineColleges.org&lt;\/a&gt;<\/textarea><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>The Rising Power of MOOCs: Now, everyone can learn at Harvard (or Yale, or\u2026)<\/h2>\n<p>3 years ago, MOOCs were an idea. Now\u2026.<br \/>\n5 million: number of students signed on to MOOCs, around the world<br \/>\n33,000: the average number of students that sign up for a MOOC<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Dream: MOOCs Can:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Offer Ivy League Courses at non-Ivy League prices (free), thus\u2026.<br \/>\n\u2022 Lifting people out of poverty<br \/>\n\u2022 Unlock billions of brains to solve the world\u2019s biggest problems<\/p>\n<p><strong>And yet<\/strong><br \/>\n1 in 4: Americans don\u2019t even know what a MOOC is.<br \/>\nThey are: Massive Open Online Courses.<\/p>\n<h2>Who Takes MOOCs:<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 37% have a B.S. degree<br \/>\n\u2022 28% have a Master\u2019s degree or profession<br \/>\n\u2022 27% high school<\/p>\n<p><strong>Majority of those taking MOOCs tend to be young, male and employed, from highly developed countries.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Over 40% of students are under 30 years old<br \/>\n\u2022 Less than 10% over 60<br \/>\n\u2022 88 % of MOOC students are male<br \/>\n\u2022 62 % are employed<br \/>\n\u2022 13% are unemployed\u2026or retired<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comparison of geographic location of students, by self identification and IP address<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 U.S. 34% of MOOC students<br \/>\n\u2022 India: 7.28 %<br \/>\n\u2022 Brazil: 4.37 %<br \/>\n\u2022 Great Britain: 3.89%<br \/>\n\u2022 Canada: 3.4%<br \/>\n\u2022 Spain: 2.7 %<br \/>\n\u2022 Russia: 2.5%<br \/>\n\u2022 China: 2%<br \/>\n\u2022 Australia: 2%<br \/>\n\u2022 Germany: 1.7%<\/p>\n<p><strong>Employment: <\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Student: 17.4%<br \/>\n\u2022 Part time employed: 6.9%<br \/>\n\u2022 Full time employed: 50%<br \/>\n\u2022 Self employed: 12.4%<br \/>\n\u2022 Unemployed: 6.6%<br \/>\n\u2022 Retired: 6.8%<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do students Participate in MOOCs? <\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Gain knowledge to get degree: 13.2%<br \/>\n\u2022 Gain specific skills to do job better: 43.9%<br \/>\n\u2022 Gain specific skills to get a new job: 17%<br \/>\n\u2022 Curiosity: 50%<br \/>\n[Those surveyed could pick more than one answer]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements for successful online learning: <\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Quality of material covered in the course<br \/>\n\u2022 Engagement of the teacher<br \/>\n\u2022 Interaction among students<\/p>\n<h2>Accredited Online (only) Schools offer MOOCs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>edX: Courses from:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br \/>\n\u2022 Harvard<br \/>\n\u2022 University of California Berkeley<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coursera: Courses from:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 California Institute of Technology,<br \/>\n\u2022 University of Washington,<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanford University,<br \/>\n\u2022 Princeton University,<br \/>\n\u2022 Duke University<br \/>\n\u2022 John Hopkins University, and many others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Udacity: Partner companies include:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Google<br \/>\n\u2022 Facebook<br \/>\n\u2022 Bank of America<\/p>\n<p><strong>Udemy Free courses from:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Dartmouth,<br \/>\n\u2022 the University of Virginia<br \/>\n\u2022 Northwestern and others\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes Free Courses<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Apple\u2019s free app. Right in the app, they can play video or audio lectures. Read books and view presentations.<\/p>\n<h2>Top Universities offer MOOCs:<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 Stanford Free Courses &#8211;&nbsp;from Quantum Mechanics to The Future of the Internet.<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanford\u2019s Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: 160,000 students from 190 countries signed up to Stanford\u2019s Introduction to AI\u201d course, with 23,000 reportedly completing.<br \/>\n\u2022 UC Berkeley Free Courses. Check out Berkeley Webcasts and Berkeley RSS feeds.<br \/>\n\u2022 MIT Free Courses: MIT\u2019s RSS MOOC feed, and MIT\u2019s Open Courseware.<br \/>\n\u2022 Duke Free Courses \u2013 Duke offers a variety of courses on ITunesU.<br \/>\n\u2022 Harvard Free Courses: Get a free Harvard education. No application required.<br \/>\n\u2022 UCLA Free Courses<br \/>\n\u2022 Yale Free Courses \u2013 Check out Open Yale<br \/>\n\u2022 Carnegie Mellon Free Courses \u2013 \u201cNo instructors, no credits, no charge\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Pros and Cons of MOOCs:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Pros: By design, MOOCs are\u2026.<\/strong><br \/>\nIncredibly flexible<br \/>\nDiverse in their range of subjects<br \/>\nOpen to anyone<br \/>\nFree.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And Downs:<\/strong><br \/>\nNo credit for completion<br \/>\nLack of hands on learning<br \/>\n100,000 or more to 1, student to teacher ratio<br \/>\nHigh dropout rates of up to 90%<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-League-FreeThumb.jpg\" alt=\"Ivy-League-FreeThumb\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-League-FreeThumb.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-League-FreeThumb-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/poetsandquants.com\/2013\/12\/17\/the-mooc-revolution-the-best-mba-electives-for-free\/\">http:\/\/poetsandquants.com\/2013\/12\/17\/the-mooc-revolution-the-best-mba-electives-for-free\/<\/a><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.bdpa-detroit.org\/portal\/index.php\/comittees\/high-school-computer-competition-hscc\/29-education\/57-moocs-top-10-sites-for-free-education-with-elite-universities.html<br \/>\nPaper: The MOOC Phenomenon: Who Takes Massive Open Online Courses, and Why? By G. Christensen, A. Steinmetz, B. Alcorn, D. Woods, A Bennett, and E.J. Emanel. (U. of Pennsylvania)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/distancelearn.about.com\/od\/isitforyou\/tp\/Top-Massively-Open-Online-Courses-Moocs.htm\">http:\/\/distancelearn.about.com\/od\/isitforyou\/tp\/Top-Massively-Open-Online-Courses-Moocs.htm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technapex.com\/2012\/11\/weighing-the-pros-and-cons-of-massive-open-online-courses-moocs\/\">http:\/\/www.technapex.com\/2012\/11\/weighing-the-pros-and-cons-of-massive-open-online-courses-moocs\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Share this infographic on your site! &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/mooc\/&#8221;&gt;&lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Ivy-League-Free.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;MOOCs&#8221; width=&#8221;500&#8243; &nbsp;border=&#8221;0&#8243; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.top10onlinecolleges.org\/&#8221;&gt;Top10OnlineColleges.org&lt;\/a&gt; 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