Thank you so much Christopher J Graham. I appreciate your prompt response.

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Fast propagation of knowledge and ease of upward scale-ability.

I think MOOCs promote the idea of lifelong and continuing knowledge acquisition.

For those who can attend the regular courses, these may have their advantages as for example presence at a lecture is valuable and can significantly contribute to the learning process. However, as pointed out flexibility and scale-ability are important. Knowledge for all from well-reputed academic institutions is probably the most important advantage of MOOC.

The advantages of MOOC are:

1. Interactive: so you can have a good discussion. Even people who are shy and tend to avoid participating face to face feel confident enough to participate.

2. Source of inspiration: one gets many ideas for future projects especially doctoral thesis ones.

3. Education with out the pressure: as these are purely for the purpose of imparting knowledge and grading is not an issue, people are not plagued by thinking what if we fail. That way they focus on learning only. They can also attend the various steps in a MOOC on their pace.

I do not think we can talk in any meaningful way about any "standard educational pedagogy" from which MOOCs always should differ. Teachers working in traditional settings and in traditional ways use different pedagogical metods, and many also pragmatically mix elements grounded in different pedagogies that they have picked up here and there. The usual MOOCs, xMOOCs, are in a way very traditional in pedagogy; lectures, discussion, quizzes. the original cMOOC is closer associated with a special pedagogy - Connectivism.

You may mean other differences than pedagogy - which does not at all follow any borders between digital or F2F, etc. But teachers way of working can be developed and become different with uses of ICTs - MOOC teachers can accommodate extremely large classes in orientation courses, as an example. And both time and place can be tweaked.

I agree with what Anders Norberg has mentioned. Pedagogy is not how MOOCs can be differentiated from other systems. MOOC is 'Yet Another Delivery Technology' to be implemented by educators following different pedagogical approaches to teaching.

Thank you Prof. Muhammad Wannous

Hello,

MOOCs are complementary to face-to-face courses. Currently, MOOCs represent pedagogical activities similar to the pedagogical activities of classroom courses. Moreover, we are in a phase of transformation into digital by 2025 if we do not switch to digital it is very serious. Knowing that access to courses in the form of MOOCs is available at any time and place.

As one of the most recent innovations in education, a massive open online course (MOOC) is a free Web-based distance learning program designed for the participation of large numbers of geographically dispersed students. A MOOC offers an online course with such important features as free and open registration, a publicly-shared curriculum, and open-ended outcomes. These courses integrate social networking and accessible online resources in order to build a social platform whereby collaborative work forms the basis of sharing and building knowledge. In other words, a MOOC is a form of open source learning system offering free short online courses to anyone who has accessibility to the Internet. Because of its availability, it offers a lifelong learning opportunity to all people admixing innovation, experimentation and use of technology. Because of such outstanding features , MOOC programs cater to social praxis and equality in education which are important characteristics of critical pedagogy and cannot be materialized by traditional , F2F courses.

Thank you Prof. Anders Norberg...

To add to the list, it allows for lifelong learning so that persons can upgrade their skills especially in critical fields like Education, where you can experience the flexible that technology affords that can be replicated and improved for your own online classes. Here's a resource on preferred pedagogical strategies students prefer in online classes that I hope would be of interest to you:

Article Instructional Strategies to Help Online Students Learn: Feed...

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Debra

Thank you so much Dr. Debra...

Aside from the important things listed by previous colleagues, mobility, i.e. place independency (unlike regular classroom), fixed time unconstrained on the place and to do the work. Technology enables us to carry over teaching and learning platforms wherever and whenever we want.

Also, the opportunity to listen from experts on the field without the tuition expenses of top universities.

Thank you so much Prof. Dejenie A. Lakew and Mrs Grace Nava. I really appreciate your comments...

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MO.

Social networking and easy access to information...

Potentially many more students (and access to learning by a diverse population not privileged to attend the institutions the MOOCs are coming from) for the subject matter is a recognized benefit of a MOOC. Of course, many have spoken to weaknesses, too, of MOOCs--including a lack of personal connection between and among the students and the instructor and the prevailing type of pedagogy (direct instruction).

Thank you so much Prof. J. Randy McGinnis

https://www.infoprolearning.com/blog/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-moocs-massive-open-online-courses-for-learning/

I appreciate all insightful contributions shared for far. Thank you all..

Article Role of MOOCs in Pakistani English Teachers’ Professional Development

Thank you so much Ayesha Perveen.

The article shared is very useful.

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MO.

There are a lot of advantages:

Courses from prestigious universities are now available to people that otherwise wouldn't have access to it.

Large numbers of students which makes MOOCs a high collaborated environment.

Affordable

Thank you so much Alaa Yahia, I quite agree with you. I I downloaded useful MIT lecture notes yesterday. Regards!

MO.

MOOCs have been the talk of the learning and development industry for quite some time. The Advantages of MOOCs are multiple :

1. Courses are offered for free

2. Access to courses offered by professors at the top schools

3. Courses are available to a vast and diverse audience across the globe

4. Learners’ performance can be monitored easily using the data captured during the start of courses

5. Both professors and learners get world-wide exposure, thus improving pedagogical techniques and knowledge sharing

6. Can be used as a tool in a blended learning program, where students can access more information than what is provided in the class

It enhances learning and learner can get information globally

Please read some of my publications on these advantages disadvantages. You can find the full text of many under my profile. I will be glad to answer specific questions too.

Thank you so much for the information Mr. Sathish Kumar

I agree wtih Yassine Safsouf, Alaa Yahia, Ayesha Perveen , Modestus Okwu, Ian Kennedy , Anders Norberg and many more researchers.

Access to top rated books and materials written by Professors globally