MOOC: Reading tools

MOOC /mu:k/ stands for Massive Open Online Course. They are distance-learning courses run online by many universities worldwide. Usually, they are open to anyone who registers. One single course may admit even thousands of students. It is possible to study almost any subject through this method, and dozens of famous universities worldwide are now offering MOOCs. They can be treated as A standalone study for individuals interested in a particular subject matter, or consolidation study for a course you are already following.

Massive open online courses (BBC news video)

A course you might be interesting in taking:

Reading Tools: prepara tu examen de comprensión de lectura en inglés

Websites with the best courses:

edX

Open Education Consortium

Open Culture

and many more.

If you want to know the MOOC your teacher is doing right now, click here. I'm loving it!

BBC Culture: Las Meninas, the world's first "photobomb"?

BBC Radio 4: Front Row

TED talks about online education

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