INTRODUCTION TO MOOC'S

1. MOOC PRESENTATION
HUMAIRA CACHALIA
201033707
humaira.cachalia@gmail.com

2. MOOCS
M- Massive
O- Open
O- Online
C- Courses

3. MOOCS
massive
online
opencourses

4. TABLE OF CONTENT
 What are Moocs?
 History of Moocs
 Aims of Moocs
 Types of Moocs
 Xmoocs vs Cmoocs
 Conclusion

5. What are Moocs?
 Moocs are online courses which are opened unlimited to
everyone who is willing to learn.
 Moocs are free of charge education.
 Moocs shape what learners can do in and outside the
school.
 Moocs has no age description.
 Moocs are about openness.
 Easier to commit to Moocs.

6. Short history of Moocs
 Moocs was first introduced in 2008 by Dave Cormier to
describe Siemens and Downes “Connectivism and
Connective Knowledge” course.
 It was designed for group of 25 enrolled fee paying
students to study for credit.
 It was opened up for registered only learners worldwide
 The founders promoted Open Education Movement.

7. Main aims of Moocs
 Provide free access to university level for as many
students as possible.
 Cutting the edge courses that could drive down the cost
of university level education.
 Encourage universities to put their courses online to set
up open learning.

8. Different types of Moocs
 Transfer Moocs
 Made Moocs
 Synch Moocs
 Asynch Moocs
 Adaptive Moocs
 Group Moocs
 Connectivist Moocs
 Mini Moocs

9. Cmoocs vs Xmoocs
Cmoocs
 Based on connectivism
theory
 Emphasize connected
collaborative learning.
 Promote diversity
collaboration.
Xmoocs
 Based on more
behaviorist approach.
 Emphasize coordinated
assessments and quizzes.
 Encourage a huge
diversity of participants
and group work is
organized.

10. Fields of interest…
 As a future teacher of ENGLISH my interests it to teach online and I
like to pursue Shakespearean literature. I would like to share this
topic with other teachers and students because it seems that
learners experience problems with these topics and since Moocs
are free I think most leaners will comment and share their opinions
online rather than in class.
 Moocs will help me as a future teacher to approach and support
students who struggling with English literature because I can access
Moocs at anytime at anywhere.

11. References
 https://www.google.co.za/?gws_rd=cr&ei=jYMEU82LB8SJ7AaBzIA4#
q=moocs&tbm=bks