(INFLIBNET Centre, 2017-08) Jayasekara, P Kanchana
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are online courses that are offer via internet based platforms
to a very large majority of people without charging course fee. Interested individuals can follow
MOOCs anytime, anywhere without facing geographical and financial barriers. The major objective
of this study was to evaluate the leading MOOC providers based on Alexa ranking. Ten major MOOC
providers were selected as the target group. The data for this study were collected using Alexa Internet
website. Further, Leading MOOC providers were compared using global ranking, bounce rate, daily
page views per visitor, daily time on site, search visits, total site linking in and speed.