How do MOOCs work?
Written by Dhawal Shah | Last updated on January 04th, 2024
Online courses, including MOOCs, are designed for an online audience, teaching primarily through short (5–20 mins) pre-recorded video lectures. You watch these videos on a self-paced or weekly schedule at any time of the day or night convenient for you.
MOOCs also have student discussion forums, homework/assignments, and online quizzes or exams.

Class Central also lists online courses that do not include discussion forums, graded items, and/or online quizzes or exams.
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