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A Decade of MOOCs: A Review of Stats and Trends for Large-Scale Online Courses in 2021

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In 2021, two of the biggest MOOC providers had an “exit” event. Ten years ago, more than 300,000 learners were taking the three free Stanford courses that kicked off the modern MOOC movement. I was one of those learners and launched Class Central as a side-project to keep track of these MOOCs. revenue ($14.7

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In China, Online Degrees on Hold, Even as MOOCs Rise

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In fact, the country has no institution that is approved to deliver online degrees, even though it has moved rapidly to embrace MOOCs, free or low-cost online courses offered to millions throughout the country. It’s a confounding paradox, since you’d think China would view remote higher education as a piece of its global ambitions.

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Much Ado About MOOCs: Where Are We in the Evolution of Online Courses?

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A lot has changed since 2012 or, the year the New York Times dubbed the "Year of the MOOC." Today, many MOOC providers now charge a fee. They’ve rolled out bundles of courses called ‘Specializations’ or ‘Nanodegrees.’ So, seven years after the “Year of the MOOC,” we’re wondering: Where are these courses and companies today?

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What If Free Online Courses Weren’t Inside 'Walled Gardens'?

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Large-scale online courses called MOOCs can get millions of registered users over time. But one online learning pioneer, Stephen Downes, says that these free resources are not living up to their full potential to help students and professors. Downes has a special relationship to MOOCs.

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Are MOOCs really dead?

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MOOCs have been considered for a very long time a great way of learning, because they are useful, diverse, surrounded by communities and mostly free. And there’s no chance of reviving the world of MOOCs. MOOCs have a chaotic learning environment because most of the content is user-curated and there’s clutter everywhere.

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How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching

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There isn’t a New York Times bestseller list for online courses, but perhaps there should be. After all, so-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, were meant to open education to as many learners as possible, and in many ways they are more like books (digital ones, packed with videos and interactive quizzes) than courses.

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For Best Results, Pair MOOCs With In-Person Support

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Massive open online courses (MOOCs) transfixed higher education in the early 2010s, so much so that The New York Times dubbed 2012 "The Year of the MOOC." According to the Times, the first edX online courses had a staggering 370,000 registrants. Yvette Mazariegos, an entrepreneur in Belize who learned from a MOOC.

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