MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning

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According to a December 2019 report by Class Central, a website that provides a listing of online courses, MOOCs had 110 million students around the world excluding China, which was left out of the analysis for data reasons. More than 900 universities offered 13,500 of these courses. Class Central also found that there were a total of 820 microcredentials, which are digital certifications that indicate competence in a specific skill or set of skills, and 50 MOOC-based degrees.

Large-scale courses known as MOOCs were invented to get free or low-cost education to people who could not afford or get access to traditional options