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-Coursera (Coursera. org) is currently the biggest MOOC platform with over 600 different free courses.

-Coursera is collaborating with 108 of the most well-known and highly regarded universities in the world delivering free online courses including universities such as Stanford, Yale, Princeton, London and Edinburgh University.

ICT is the main enabler for Coursera (MOOCS) as education is provided through a digital online platform using existing, off the shelf technology.

By April 2014 Coursera offered the following functionalities in the majority of the courses: Overall description;

However the MOOCS such as US based Coursera are in practice primarily helping those already educated interested in additional educational/professional development (Sharples, 2013.

However differentiation in learning possibilities and online pedagogy are still topics to be improved further on Coursera

One of the strengths of Coursera is that learning occurs at the time and location that best suits the participant.

However differentiation in learning possibilities and online pedagogy are still topics to be improved further on Coursera

and validation system MOOCS-Coursera's way of organising its courses has changed the way students participate in education courses.

and space but with Coursera participation is more flexible and tailored to the time schedule of the individual.

and hence Coursera is using the students as a resource to validate assignments blurring their role as simple students to a more instructor oriented role.

A role that different studies has shown to result in accurate feedback for the student as well as valuable learning for the grader (Coursera, 2014.

In April 2014 7. 1 million users were registered at Coursera and the number of Courserians (people signed up at Coursera) is constantly rising.

MONDEY: In the future data generated by MONDEY allows for an evidence-based approach in the development of early childhood education.

Hence Coursera and the concept of MOOCS in general would not be possible without ICT. Coursera is an online platform matching society's needs for education with the learning capabilities of the universities

and thus it can be categorised as a variation of the matching assets to needs platform-type.

Coursera is enabling social innovation by offering a platform from where higher education institutions and the teachers involved in the different courses can reach a large amount of different students with their courses in a cost effective way.

Coursera and MOOCS have offered a possibility. Policy issues related to ICT in social innovation ICT has been transforming

Coursera is a good example of how the ICT-development can lead to a social innovation that would not had happen without the technological development as well as society's willingness and ability to use digital platforms.

Coursera (and MOOCS in general) promotes lifelong learning and improves learning possibilities for all those who are interested.

In April 2014 7. 1 million users were registered at Coursera and the number of Courserians (people signed up at Coursera) is constantly rising.

As Coursera is accessible to everybody who has access to the internet and because the courses are free Coursera contributes to society with a widening of education possibilities for potentially many different social classes.

However Coursera is primarily targeting the educational needs for the higher educated as demographic data for Courserians shows that 75%have a Bachelor's degree or higher.

One of the strengths of Coursera is that learning occurs at the time and location that best suits the participant.

Hence the temporal dimension of learning is very personalised. Furthermore, the still growing large amount of MOOCS provides significant learning options within a variety of topics

which potentially can tailor online education to the needs and interests of each participant. A further success factor is that all these examples demonstrate the importance of experimentation.

Coursera, currently the biggest MOOC platform, was launched as a for-profit company in April 2012 by the two Stanford computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller.

Four months later Coursera had hit 1 million enrolled students across 196 countries (Coursera, 2012.

By April 2014 Coursera had over 7 million users, offering over 600 different courses and partnering with 108 universities.

As of December 2013 Coursera had received over $85 million in venture capital (Crunchbase, 2014. It has been crucial for MOOC's success that it has been able to make strategic collaborations with some of the most renowned universities around the world.

The partnerships have been critical in order to secure the extensive supply of educational possibilities available at Coursera.

Furthermore, the marketing value of some of the biggest universities worldwide partnering with Coursera should not be underestimated.

One purveyor, Coursera, found that 68 per cent of its users are from outside the United states, with India, China, Brazil,

Coursera is a for-profit social enterprise that facilitates large-scale participation of students who sign up for free online courses with top universities around the world.

Coursera launched in April 2012, and it has partnered since with a number of universities interested in capitalizing on reaching a larger number of students.

Professors affiliated with universities lead courses offered through Coursera, and students have the option of taking them for credit

Coursera is growing rapidly. As of September 2013 Coursera has had 17 million enrolments from students in 190 countries. 155 Website:

www. coursera. org/152 Anya Kemenetz, Online courses are taking off: But there's a major downside,(Slate. com, November 2013) www. slate. com/articles/technology/future tense/2013/11/developing countries and moocs online education could hurt national systems. html 153 Tamar Lewin, After setbacks,

online courses are rethought,(New york times, December 10, 2013), www. nytimes. com/2013/12/11/us/after-setbacks-online courses-are-rethought. html?

But there's a major downside,(Slate. com, November 2013) www. slate. com/articles/technology/future tense/2013/11/developing countries and moocs online education could hurt national systems. html 155 Coursera, www. coursera

like those offered by Coursera, Udacity and edx, you can forget about the Socratic method. The professor is, in most cases,

Several of my Coursera courses begin by warning students not to e-mail the professor. We are told not to‘friend'the professor on Facebook (2013.

Coursera 30, edx 31, Udacity 32, Khan academy 33 and Iggy 34. One of the ways that universities transfer their knowledge to public

Blog Network, July 2014.30) https://www. coursera. org/(31) https://www. edx. org/(32) https://www. udacity. com/nanodegree (33