MOOC- massive open online course- is a web-based course available for free to any participant from any place in
the world (Cormier, & Siemens, 2010; Kop & Carroll, 2011). MOOCs provide free access to high-quality learning
materials, offered by elite universities. They are conceptualized as online learning environments in which
participants worldwide can create, research, and share open educational resources (Kop & Carroll, 2011). Anyone
with an internet connection from any geographical location can participate in a MOOC without the need to meet any
formal entry requirements. MOOCs include lecture videos, often divided into segments of 10- or 15-minutes, and
learning tasks for individual or group work.
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