Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are online courses for unlimited participation and open access via the Internet. MOOCs also provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions to support community interactions among students, professors, and students.
My presentation emphasizes open-access features, such as open licensing of content, structure and learning goals and implementation. to promote the reuse and remixing of resources.
Covid 19 pandemic has caused disruptions and showed our vulnerabilities in reaching education to our students. It has exposed the inequalities and the digital divide. The chasm left of addressing education concerns of 35 Million students in the colleges and many more millions outside is difficult to bridge. Online/blended/hybrid learning has come to our rescue. However, Virtual University is the vehicle. These and other things are in the presentation.