By Joe McKendrick, Smart Planet
While only a small handful of educational institutions currently support the offering of massive open online courses (MOOCs), new projects are in the planning stages, and the number of offerings may soon triple. In addition, a record number of institutions now see online learning as essential to their course delivery strategies. These are some of the findings of a newly released study published by the Babson Survey Research Group and the College Board, covering the responses of more than 2,800 academic leaders. MOOCs, first pioneered by two Stanford professors in the fall of 2011, are delivered online, generally at no charge, to global audiences that may run into the hundreds of thousands of students. In most cases, certificates of completion are issued to students successfully completing the coursework.
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