E-learning MOOCs 'can have separate goals'

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) come in three differing formats, a specialist has remarked.
Lisa Lane, history teacher at California's MiraCosta College and director of the institute's Program for Online Learning, wrote on Lisa's Online Teaching Blog that each of these MOOCs has a certain dominant goal.
Virtual learning environments that encourage conversation, exposure to information and the distribution or dissemination of ideas between learners were described as "network-based MOOCs" by the e-learning specialist.
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