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"The opening day of teacher training"

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      The day of excitement! We reached the school at 9 and the curiosity and a little bit tension reflected in our face. Near the gate we saw the security mam and talked with her gathering some usefull advice.       We met the Head mistress mam and followed by putting attendence. She gave the instructions and we got a space to sit and do our duties in the library room. The peon sir cleaned the room for us and some of the students came to interact with us. Later, we submitted our lesson plan to our subject faculties and they evaluated our activities and class sessions. Then , enquired about the classes, timetable and other details from the Deepthi miss , the main faculty of chemistry in the school.  During lunch perio, we served food to students. The students approached us with discipline. I got last hour of class for interaction with students. I entered 8A class and it was physics period. Suja mam, guided me to the class and it was the final moment of...
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MOOCs

 MOOC: Introduction and its definition Massive open online course is a type of online course designed to provide large scale free excess to educational content for learners worldwide .  These courses typically feature video lectures, reading materials ,discussion forums and assessment which can be assessed by anyone with an internet connection.  MOOCs aim to democratize education by offering high quality learning resources to wide audience. Example for MOOCs are coursera,edx,udacity, futurelearn etc Characteristics... 1. Massive enrollment: Designed to accomodate a large number of participants, ranging from thousands to hundreds of learners.  2. Open access: Anyone with an internet connection can enrol in MOOC 3. Flexible learning: Learners can often study at their own place accessing materials anytime and anywhere 4. Online delivery: All materials including video lectures, readings etc are provided through digital platforms.  5. Interactive platforms: Offers in...