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Why using MOOC?

There are many reasons to use MOOC so let see some of them!

ADVANTAGES

These courses bring the opportunity to prepare in different professional field, this kind of courses not only benefits professionals, also people of limited resources can be trained with highly reputed teachers because most of them are for free with a certification of the University.

Methodologies for all the courses are designed on connectivity networks. It means that they are adapted to use on internet on different devices. For example: computers, cellphones, tablets.

The most important aspect of this methodology, is that it allows the students, learn about the topic through videos, written documents, audios, forums and many others media learn, develop tasks and apply a test on internet.

So, courses are online, it is not necessary to go to the university every single day and you must not comply with a class schedule. You decide how much time you are going to dedicate learning.

MOOCs are dictated with the purpose of satisfying the knowledge needs that arise at a certain moment within the labor market. It means, material is updating every day according to the necessities in the world.

Disadvantages of MOOC

Some of the teachers are absence and then they are replaces by assistant.

The use of this technology requiere previous knowledge  and some participants do not have a high level of skills in the use of digital tools.

The value and importance of the teaching, learning, assessment and tutoring processes is lost and contribute to elimination of traditional education to compete for a degree.

Courses are not designed for specifics needs of each student.