MOOC

MOOC (assive Open Online Course) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. By the end of 2013, most top universities had started to offer some sort of MOOC. Companies like Google and Tenaris are using MOOCs for training their employees. If you are considering a MOOC for yourself or your organization, you’ll first need to determine which tool you will use to build the course.

 These are an examples of the most popular MOOC platforms:

 1. edX
https://www.edx.org


People all over the world can join this platform. Whether you are interested in computer science, languages, engineering, psychology, writing, electronics, biology, or marketing, so you can deside what course do you want to have. 
They were founded by and continue to be governed by colleges and universities. They are the only leading MOOC provider that is both nonprofit and open source.Open edX is the open-source platform and is freely available. With Open edX , educators and technologists can build learning tools and contribute new features to the platform, creating innovative solutions to benefit students everywhere.

2. Canvas


This platform provides open entry for learners around the globe and continual access to course content after the course end date. They provide the platform for open innovation and experimentation, de-identified Canvas Network data for researchers to analyze and synthesize, other instructors reuse, revise, remix, retain, and redistribute content.

3. Coursera


Each course is an interactive guide that contains videos, tests and projects. Start at any time and work on your own schedule — you control the process yourself. There are a lot of courses that you can choose. You also can communicate with thousands of other students: discuss ideas, course materials, and help each other to learn new concepts. After completing the course, you will receive sertificate and share your success with friends, colleagues and employers.


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