What is meant by “MOOC”

A course of study available over the internet without charge to a very large number of people.

A MOOC may be patterned on a college or university course or may be less structured. Although MOOCs do not always offer academic credits, they provide eduction that may enable certification, employment or further studies

History of MOOCs CONT.

• Their intention was to exploit the possibility for interactions between a wide variety of participants made possible by online tools so as to provide a richer learning environment than traditional tools would allow. 25 students attended the course on the campus of the University of Manitoba, and a further 2300 from around the world participated online. MOOCs with an emphasis on interactions and connectivity are now called cMOOCS.

field of interest :Learning technologies

• Technology allows the tables to be turned. Instead of teaching (push), students can be given projects that require them to learn (pull) the necessary material themselves. Key to this is the ability to get the information they need any time anywhere, without being in the physical presence of a teacher. This project-based pull approach makes learning far more interesting for the student

MOOC TOPIC: socio-economic issues(EMS)• My aim is to: find more about the challenges of economic-issues in generalAnd how can people businesses and government overcome this

dilemma