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What is MOOC?

MOOC stands for Massive Online Open Courses. Courses are open to public on the Internet for anyone to enroll, and free of charge. MOOC provides a flexible way for you to learn new knowledge and share your learning output.

According to Oxford English Dictionary:

MOOC is an educational course made available to a large number of people via the Internet.

Why information literacy MOOC?

The MOOC "InfoLit for U" is one of the products of the joint-university Information Literacy Project:

"Enhancing information literacy in Hong Kong higher education through the development and implementation of shared interactive multimedia courseware"

The MOOC is created by the eight local UGC-funded university libraries.

The goal of the MOOC is to provide a flexible learning mean for university students of Hong Kong on learning information literacy.

Features of the MOOC "InfoLit for U" :

self-paced
non-credit bearing
suitable for undergraduate students in all years of study
1+8 modules
- Focal Module (for ALL students)
- Discipline Module (for students of specific disciplines)
no entry requirement