Introduction

According to the Babson Survey Research Group, over 6.1 million students were taking at least one online course during the fall 2010 term, an increase of 560,000 students over the previous year. Since then, millions more have enrolled in Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), like Stanford University’s “Artificial Intelligence” course. If you have ever googled for information, you have learned something online even if was just from reading an article or watching a video. But online courses are much more than just reading content or watching videos. They are rich experiences where you engage with the content, hold conversations with instructors and other students, and learn in online social spaces where students participate in simulations, ...

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