Question

Visit the MIT OpenCourseWare website. Look for a course you might want to take.

1. What is the name of the course you selected?

2. What are the requirements or materials must you have to take the course?

3. Investigate the registration process, but do not sign up for the course. Is it easy to register?

4. What information is required?

Use a search engine to search for MOOCs.

5. List industries AND users who might take advantage of a MOOC, and explain why.

6. Describe the benefits of using a MOOC.

Answer 1

1. 6.0001 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python

2. There are three requirements that an MIT OpenCourseWare user must meet to use the materials:

     1) Non-commercial: Use of MIT OpenCourseWare materials is open to all except for profit-making entities who charge a   fee for access to educational materials.

   2) Attribution: Any and all use or reuse of the material, including use of derivative works (new materials that incorporate or draw on the original materials), must be attributed to MIT and, if a faculty member's name is associated with the material, to that person as well.

3) Share alike : Any publication or distribution of original or derivative works, including production of electronic or printed class materials or placement of materials on a Web site, must offer the works freely and openly to others under the same terms that MIT OpenCourseWare first made the works available to the user.

3. MIT OpenCourseWare is free and requires no registration. Educators are encouraged to utilize the materials for curriculum development, and self-learners are encouraged to draw upon the materials for self-study or supplementary use. Therefore, course materials contained on the OCW Web site may be used, copied, distributed, translated, and modified, but only for non-commercial educational purposes that are made freely available to others.

6. Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) gives benefits such as getting a new job, starting a business, or completing prerequisites for an academic program. People with lower socioeconomic status and with less education are more likely to report benefits.