So far the immediate effect caused by MOOCs on those of us growing up far from prominent universities is the opportunity to access quality education to complement “traditional” education one might be receiving locally. If you have participated in any MOOC, you might agree or not about the delivery or evaluation method or question its effectiveness, but you cannot deny the quality of most of them.
But from my point of view it is the massive attendance to the course the most relevant and interesting characteristic for analysis.
Read more at: https://edutechdebate.org/massive-open-online-courses/3-ways-moocs-unleash-the-power-of-massive-international-attendance/
