Education through MOOC
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a recent development in distance education with greater scope and wide implication. MOOC offers massive interactive participation and open access to courses via internet. It also provides forums of students and teachers to strengthen teaching-learning process. MOOC is still on experimental stage in advanced countries including the United States. Some universities have already adopted the MOOC system of education while others are examining its usefulness and reliability.
Recently Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates while presenting his key-note paper at the 'Microsoft Research's Faculty Summit' defined the present era as the 'golden era' of learning appreciating MOOC's enormous potential to expanding education and ensuring easy access to information. Meanwhile Mr. Gates cautioned that it's important not to forget the value of in-class learning, especially lab work and collaborative study groups.
So, MOOC can be an effective tool for expanding education.
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