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University of Maryland University College talks MOOCs

Posted by Taylor Cotter on Mon, Dec 03, 2012

by Taylor Cotter
StudentAdvisor.com Staff

A massive open online course, or MOOC, is a type of online course aimed at large-scale participation and open access via the web. MOOCs are gaining increased popularity and have begun to redefine online higher education.

StudentAdvisor.com Editor-in-Chief Dean Tsouvalas talked to Marie Cini of University of Maryland-University College about this new model of learning and where it might take higher education. Read more...