Advantages

• Accessibility – Improved the accessibility by keeping time, distance, and domain barriers away in reaching the unreached.
• Asynchronous learning – Online user centred learning, as learner is at the centre stage and resulted in self-paced learning; not inferior to traditional mode. Sometimes challenging to learners also.
• Convenience – Facilitative learning in terms of time, resources, repetition, archive, sharing etc.
• Cost effectiveness – Online free training with no restriction on specialization, qualifications, experience, gender, place etc.
• Dialogue – Between participants with diversity and different perspectives, enriched learning.
• Discussion Forum – With peers & experts helped generation of new ideas and concepts, through sharing of inputs, materials resulting in overall group learning.
• Effective platform – Lead to change in education paradigm by simulation of real classroom situation
• Hands on experience – Content facilitated hands on experience at their location with online guidance.
• Interactivity for cross learning – With experts and peers leading to formation of sound knowledge, stimulation of group dynamics; widening of knowledge; networking etc.
• Enhanced Knowledge, Skills and Attitude – Continuous, systematic, spaced self-learning activities with facilitation from experts resulted in enhanced levels of Knowledge, Skills and Attitude.
• Multi-disciplinary – Subject neutral learners from different disciplines, with different erspectives enhanced effectiveness.
• Strengthening of Networking – Embedded mandatory interactive discussion threads and exercises strengthened online relations.
• Reinforcement of learning – Structured reinforcement included in the content.
• Optimal use of resources – Many benefited, saving of resources of both trainer and learners (time, money etc.)
• Technology Enhanced Learning – Short duration and quality videos, video production and editing skills, self-paced learning through small frames, harnessing of internet beyond routine surfing etc., made MOOCs as an effective platform.