This presentation tries to give you a basic understanding of what MOOCs are.

1. ALL ABOUT
By Mr M.S Mojela

2. WHAT IS A MOOC?
A Massive Open Online Course is an interactive
step-by-step course aimed at reaching an
unlimited number of participants worldwide to
create a community of lifelong learners.

3. WHAT IS A MOOC?
 Massive
 Student numbers can be 100,000 +
 Open
 Study any course, anywhere at any time
 Online
 As opposed to face-to-face or blended
 Course
 Learning units in an academic subject

4. MOOCS IN CONTEXT
 The history of introducing technologies into teachingand
learning has been one of over promise and underdelivery
(Daniel, 2012; Reiser, 2001).
 Already seen the failure of two significant online ventures –
Fathom from Columbia University and ALLLearn backed by
Oxford, Stanford,Yale and Princeton (Knight, 2012).
 Technologies will only be successfully integrated into teaching
and learning when teachers change the way that they teach
(Zemsky & Massy, 2004).

6. ADVANTAGES OF MOOCS
 Innovative start-ups, top colleges and other reputable institutions have
made a huge range of top-quality education available through MOOCs,
and it’s growing all the time
 Many of these courses are completely free in order to broadly avail
education
 Flexibility. Training usually requires taking time off work — either a few
days to attend corporate training or a much longer period if you’re going
back to college
 No need any special qualifications to register for a MOOC. Because there’s
no limit on numbers, it’s not a selective process

7. DISADVANTAGES
 MOOCs are usually are not accredited, which of course makes them less valuable
for your career
 The MOOC versions of college courses are often simplified and may not match
the level of the real thing.
 There is a trend in MOOCs of a massive tendency towards of course
abandonment
 There is a lack of interaction with the professor

8. DIFFERENTTYPES OF MOOCS
cMOOCs
sMOOCs
xMOOCs

9. CONT.
 cMOOCs
 The first MOOC ever offered was
acMOOC
 Connectivist LearningTheory
 Knowledge / content is generated
by teachers, students and multiple
others.
 Multiple technologies – 12 in this
first MOOC – are used to connect
people participating in the course
 sMOOCs
 sMOOCs Coursera MOOCs could be
characterized as a Standard MOOCs
 Grounded in behaviourist learning
theory with some cognitive
components and some constructivist
components.
 This means transmission style teaching
with drill and practice, problem sets
and e.g. discussion forums.
 Uses a limited range of technologies
and could be thought of in terms of
LMS as platform.
 Very much in the mainstream with
monetization a key component

10. CONT.
xMOOC
 the X signifying excellence, external outreach, exploration,
experimentation and expansion (Rodrick & Sun, 2012) –holds
for edX which has grown out of a tradition of exploring online
teaching and learning (Daniel, 2012).
 edX could be characterized as anxMOOC

11. MOOC IWOULD LIKETO STUDY
EmergingTechnologies: From Smartphones to IoT to Big Data
 Yonsei University
 This Specialization covers the concepts of the most important information
technologies that you have been using and will be using throughout your entire life!
Topics covered include Smartphones, OS, Cloud Computing, Big Data,CDN, Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, Mobile Communication, LTE, LTE-Advanced, IoT, AR, IPv4, IPv6,TCP, UDP,
and Internet operations.The Specialization concludes with a Capstone project that
allows you to apply the skills you've learned throughout the courses.

12. EMERGINGTECHNOLOGIES: FROM
SMARTPHONESTO IOTTO BIG DATA
 Upon completion, with the knowledge of this Specialization, I
will be able to discuss at an expert level with engineers and
business professionals on the following advanced topics.
 In addition, I will understand how these technologies can work
together to provide services to our smartphones, laptops, PCs,
andTVs.

13. THANKYOU!

14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 Doherty, I. (2013) EverythingYou need to know about MOOCs (Well Almost).
Available on slide share.

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