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Mostly educated men sign-up for online coursesAround 83% of the students who enroll for MOOC courses are mostly post-secondary qualified. In developing countries around 80% of the MOOCs students comes from well-educated population.
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MOOCs - A new channel for life-long learningWith the clarity at which education is being delivered and the range of courses offered through online is making MOOCs a wonder and a channel for learning. Online courses can reach communities in remote areas, who could not afford to go to a university for higher education.
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A MOOC course on dentistryUniversity of Sheffield, U.K. has partnered with FutureLearn to provide a MOOC course on dentistry. The course is for any one who has aspirations or who wants to know more about the field.
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SIPX - a helpful tool for instructorsSIPX, developed at Stanford University is a transparent and end to end digital copyright service provider offers a range of content, helps manage copyrights and deliver digital documents for higher education. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the leading publisher of general scientific journal ha partnered with SIPX to include the online content of AAAS in the classes of universities and MOOCs.
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Online learning becoming a mainstream choice for educatorsFor those in the educational field, online programs open up an opportunity to to improve their academic credentials while holding their job. The greatest advantage of the online learning is its flexibility and learners could take terms off when their schedules are hectic.
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Student debt could be the next financial crisis in U.SIn U.S. the annual cost of tuition, room, board and fees is rapidly rising. As an effort, that no student is denied higher education because of the inability to pay, the federal government has created loan programs that will cover the entire cost of college and however, colleges are encouraged to raise tuition and fees at a rate that exceeds inflation.
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MOOCs market explodesThe MOOC market is exploding with lot of funding to the courses and as there are more than 2 billion potential learners around the world today. The MOOC vendors are devoting themselves in developing new courses with quality.
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U.S. senators promote open-source textbooksThe cost of textbooks has risen 812% since 1978, recording an increase of 82% in the last decade alone. Two U.S. senators have introduced The Affordable College Textbook Act, that aims to lower book costs by promoting the use of open-source textbooks.
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MOOCs for corporate trainingMOOC provider edX offers companies training courses tailored to their own needs. This enables companies to provide technical training to a large number of employees, at substantially reduced costs.
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Middle-east Universities partner to deliver online educationUAE-based Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University (HBMeU) has partnered with Jordan's Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University (TAGI-UNI) to deliver online education. TAGI-UNI will cooperate in HBMeU’s academic programs & research, and gain access to its online courses.