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Large open online courses, that is, massive open online courses. 20 12 top American universities set up online learning platforms to provide free courses online. The rise of Coursera, Udacity and edX has provided more students with the possibility of systematic learning. 20 13 February, the National University of Singapore cooperated with Coursera Company of the United States to join a large-scale open online course platform.
The National University of Singapore is the first university in Singapore to reach a cooperation agreement with Coursera. 20 14 took the lead in introducing courses such as quantum physics and classical music creation through its platform. 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.
Take Coursera as an example. This company cooperates with 33 universities around the world, including Columbia University and Princeton University. 20 13 In February, the company announced that 29 universities had joined their team.
Curriculum characteristics
1. Diversification of tool resources: The large-scale open online course integrates various social network tools and various forms of digital resources, forming diverse learning tools and rich course resources.
2. The course is simple and easy to use: breaking through the time and space limitations of traditional courses and relying on the Internet, learners all over the world can learn from famous university courses at home and abroad.
3. The course has a wide audience: breaking through the limitation of the number of traditional courses can meet the needs of large-scale course learners.
4. Autonomy of course participation: The enrollment rate and dropout rate of large-scale open online courses are high, which requires learners to have strong autonomous learning ability in order to complete the course content on time.