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Massively open online courses (MOOCs) deliver content online and are made freely available to anyone wishing to take them. They are an emergent educational platform, In order to receive accreditation for taking a MOOC, however, a student may need to pay a fee or be registered with a traditional educational institution such as a college. Well known MOOC platforms are ''edX'' from [[MIT]], ''Coursera'', and ''Udacity''. There are also MOOC platforms not sponsored by traditional educational institutions or commercial interests such as P2PU.
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Massively open online courses (MOOCs) are an emergent educational platform which delivers content online and are made freely available to anyone wishing to take them. In order to receive accreditation for taking a MOOC, however, a student may need to pay a fee or be registered with a traditional educational institution such as a college. Well known MOOC platforms are ''edX'' from [[MIT]], ''Coursera'', and ''Udacity''. There are also MOOC platforms not sponsored by traditional educational institutions or commercial interests such as P2PU.

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Massively open online courses (MOOCs) are an emergent educational platform which delivers content online and are made freely available to anyone wishing to take them. In order to receive accreditation for taking a MOOC, however, a student may need to pay a fee or be registered with a traditional educational institution such as a college. Well known MOOC platforms are edX from MIT, Coursera, and Udacity. There are also MOOC platforms not sponsored by traditional educational institutions or commercial interests such as P2PU.