"Massive Open Online Courses" (MOOCs)




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Summary: <p>Popular college professors routinely lecture to hundreds of students at a time. But with the advent of online learning platforms, some academics today teach classes to tens of thousands of attentive students from around the world. Tech Tuesday examines "Massive Open Online Courses" — or MOOCs — and explores how these free online classes could change the economics of higher education and the nature of teaching.</p>