In 20 12, top universities in the United States set up online learning platforms to provide free courses online. The rise of three course providers, Coursera, Udacity and edX, provided more students with the possibility of systematic learning. The courses of these three platforms are all aimed at higher education, and like real universities, they have their own learning and management systems. Besides, their courses are free.
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Influence of large open online courses;
Large-scale open online courses have successfully achieved high-end knowledge exchange. It can be applied to expert training, interdisciplinary exchange learning and special education learning mode-any type of learning information can be spread through the network. And online classes can bring you many benefits. Everyone can get the resources of famous universities for free, and they can study anywhere with any equipment. This is the value of large-scale open online courses.
At present, most people who study large-scale open online courses are very active people. They will try to watch these videos and English subtitles, but if more people want to enter, it will take some time and effort. The last educational revolution was the turning point of apprenticeship and school education. Apprenticeship itself is a kind of personalized education, but school education is difficult to ensure personalization.
Baidu Encyclopedia-A Large Open Online Course