{"id":1968,"date":"2013-12-04T14:51:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T14:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.efrontlearning.net\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2016-05-06T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:00:08","slug":"are-moocs-the-future-of-online-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.efrontlearning.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/are-moocs-the-future-of-online-education.html","title":{"rendered":"Are MOOCs the Future of Online Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-classic-wrap\">MOOC, short for Massive Open Online Courses, seems to be the buzz word du jour these days, but what is all the buzz about?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know that $400 billion a year is spent on U.S. universities? <\/strong><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s more than the annual revenues of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter combined! All educational institutions want a piece of that pie and MOOCs could jeopardize that. Check out some more stats:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>43.4% of MOOC students are\u00a0undergraduate university and 40.2% are\u00a0postgraduates<\/li>\n<li>10 million is the estimated number of students who have taken at least one MOOC<\/li>\n<li>28% of MOOCs come from the U.S., and at a distant second, 11% from the U.K., and there are some surprising countries in the top 10 including: Brazil, Greece and Russia!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more check out the infographic below from our friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestcollegesonline.org\" target=\"_blank\">Best Colleges Online<\/a>:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.efrontlearning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MOOCs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1969\" alt=\"MOOCs\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.efrontlearning.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MOOCs.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"4114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.efrontlearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MOOCs.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.efrontlearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MOOCs-224x1024.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOOC, short for Massive Open Online Courses, seems to be the buzz word du jour these days, but what is all the buzz about? 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