M.P MABASOMOOC (MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE)

PRESENTATION

TABLE OF CONTENT

What is MOOC?

The History of MOOCs.

How does it work?

The characteristics of MOOC

Types of MOOC

Field of interest

WHAT IS MOOC?

Online course aimed to provide unlimited and open access to anyone from

anywhere around the world. MOOCs is a form of distance learning in our society

that provides an interactive platform for professors and students helps to build a

community within society(http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-

course-mooc).

MOOC offers a variety of courses which are ran in partnership with international

universities in order to provide easy, accessible learning to anyone who wish to

participate.

THE HISTORY OF MOOC

• MOOC first emerged from the open educational resources (OER) movement, in response to

the course called Connectivism and Connective knowledge (CCK08) Dave Cormier of the

University of Prince Edward Island coined the term MOOC in 2008 (http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course). CCK08 was led by George Siemens of

Athabasca University and Stephen Downes of the National Research Council, it consisted of

25 registered tuition paying students with 2200 registered non paying students, all courses

were available online(RSS feed) where online students could participate in various

collaborative activities(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course).

Thereafter, other MOOC courses emerged with partnership of other Universities.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

A MOOC has a curriculum and course content which consist of reading

assignments and short video recording of lectures which are usually 8-12

minutes. Students are required to participate in online discussions using their

studying material to complete quizzes and activities which have been

assigned to them. MOOC is conducted by organizations, mostly non-

profitable, and decide what is going to be taught and at what level. They

basically form faculty teams and support staff to design and conduct the

course (http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc).

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MOOC

MOOC provides learning resources ranging from reading material to

video, ensure that leaning is facilitated effectively.

MOOC is free and unlimited, anyone and enroll to start learning.

MOOC allows content learning delivery to anyone who wants to part-take.

TYPES OF MOOC

1.cMOOC2.xMOOC

CMOOC

Mainly about knowledge creation

Places great emphasis on the principles of Connectivism

Learning is mainly through peer interaction

Values students input on course path

Place great emphasis on social networked learning

XMOOC

Have a traditional lecture format

Provides objective feedback from quiz results

Follow a linear path- provided by the instructor

Place a great emphasis on video presentation

Mainly about knowledge duplication

MY FIELD OF INTEREST IN MOOC

• The field of Biology

Within the field I am interested include: Genetics Environment Evolution Micro-Organism Human Anatomy

REFERENCES

• Educause. 7 things you should know about.(http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc). Viewed 18 February 2014

• Massive Open Online Courses. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course). Viewed 19 February 2014

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