Massive Online Open Course (MOOC)
INDEX:
1. Market Overview
2. Audience For different MOOC courses
3. Course Distribution by Subjects
4. Latest Trends in MOOCs
5. Top Courses on different MOOCs
1-> Market Overview
The total of number of students who signed up for at least one course is 58
million
700+ universities and 6850 courses
Around 25 percent of the new MOOC learners were attracted by regional
providers that offer courses in languages other than English.
Providers like XuetangX (China), Mirada X (Latin America) boast millions of
learners, while France Universit Numrique, and Edraak (Middle East and
North Africa) are on the brink of crossing the one-million student mark
Launch of SWAYAM, the official MOOC platform of India, and EduOpen, a
MOOC platform funded by the Italian government.
2-> Audience for different MOOC courses
By registration count
Coursera 23 million
edX 10 million
XuetangX 6 million
FutureLearn 5.3 million
Udacity 4 million
Indian MOOC providers
3-> Course Distribution by Subjects
4-> Latest Trends in MOOCs
MOOCs are gradually being transformed from virtual classrooms to a Netflix-like
experience. Many courses are no longer offered just once or twice a year, but
rather are now available as a self-paced, sign up whenever you want experience
Coursera courses are now offered regularly throughout the year, with new
sessions starting automatically on a bi-weekly or monthly basis
Regional MOOC Providers are Picking Up Steam
Paid Only Courses- Coursera piloted a new format where all the course
materials, including the videos, were behind a paywall. Coursera has added
several paid-only courses since then. The move isnt new; edX has been running
paid courses under what it calls Professional Education courses, since
2014.FutureLearn also announced their intention to launch paid only-courses as
part of six postgraduate degrees from Deakin University. The degrees will include
free sample courses, but a majority of the courses in the degree sequence will be
paid
Decreasing Number of Standalone Courses- for MOOC providers that have
launched their own credentials (i.e. specializations, Nanodegrees, Xseries) a
majority of the new paid courses are a part of these credentials. In some cases,
some of the older courses have been split into credentials
Coursera announced Coursera for Business. Udacity, which works directly with
many technology companies to create its Nanodegrees, also has a product
targeted towards corporate training. FutureLearn has a workplace learning
5-> Top Courses on different MOOCs
List of the top-rated free online courses
Coding in your Classroom, Now! from University of Urbino via EMMA
Tsinghua Chinese: Start Talking with 1.3 Billion People from Tsinghua
University via edX
The Nature of Code from Processing Foundation via Kadenze
Introduction to Agent-based Modeling from Santa Fe Institute via
Complexity Explorer
The 3D Printing Revolution from University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign via Coursera
Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation from
University of Cape Town via Coursera
Preparing to Manage Human Resources from University of Minnesota via
Coursera
Creative Applications of Deep Learning with TensorFlowvia Kadenze
Teaching for Change: An African Philosophical Approachfrom
Stellenbosch University via FutureLearn
Stanford Introduction to Food and Health from Stanford University via
Coursera
50 Most Popular MOOCs of All Time
https://www.onlinecoursereport.com/the-50-most-popular-moocs-of-all-time/
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