MOOCs are massive open online courses available free online to large numbers of people. MOOCs first emerged in 2004 based on connectivist learning theories. One of the first MOOCs had over 2,200 learners in 2008. Major growth occurred in 2012 when Harvard's first MOOC had over 370,000 students registered and Coursera launched offering xMOOCs. There are two main types - cMOOCs focused on connectivist pedagogy and xMOOCs based on traditional course structures.
2. What is moocs ?
MOOCS BY DEFINITION IS A COURSE OF STUDY MADE AVAILABLE OVER THE
INTERNET WITHOUT CHARGE TO A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
MOOCS STANDS FOR MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE.
3. The brief history of MOOCs
2004: George Siemens & Stephen Downes develop theory of
Connectivism, “the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a
network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the
ability to construct and traverse those networks (Downes, 2012,
p.9).
2008: First MOOC presented at University of Manitoba with ~ 2200
learners
2010: Dave Cormier videos about MOOCs added to YouTube
(Cormier, 2010)
2011: MOOC for college prep skills helps freshmen prepare for
college requirements (Cormier, 2011)
2012:
Harvard’s first MOOC has 370,000 registered students
(Pappano, 2012)
2012: Coursera launches from Stanford; offers first xMOOCs
(Chen, 2012)
New York Times calls 2012 “The Year of the MOOC” Pappano,
2012)
2013: cMOOCs and xMOOCs too numerous to count accurately
6. My field of interest
my field of interest is academic integrity where honesty in the core.
Furthermore, it is also about fairness of the educator and ethical
management is also crucial in this course, where a educators and learners
values and actions are being explored through behaviour.
Editor's Notes
MOOCs have a brief history, but the concept has become so popular that its use has spread throughout the world, both within academic circles and among independent learner groups. The MOOC model is based on the Connectivist learning theory, which demonstrates how learning occurs through connections with others. MOOCs throughout the Internet world have grown from the first in 2008 to a place five years later where there are MOOCs or facsimiles of MOOCs available on nearly every topic imaginable, with participants from around the globe. Last year the New York Times pronounced 2012 as the “Year of the MOOC” in education.
Like most innovations, MOOCs have gone through various stages to reach their current rate of adoption. However, the sequence of events usually sees persuasion as the second stage. In the case of MOOCs, a decision to go forward with the model was made when the first MOOC was presented. Dave Cormier’s videos worked to persuade more development of MOOCs for the wider world. By 2012, MOOCs were offered in high enough numbers that it can be said confirmation stage has been achieved.
Since the beginning of MOOCs, there have been many iterations of the model, with large universities offering what is now called an xMOOC, which is more closely aligned with traditional courses in its structure. These often use the more common professorial lecture in a larger scale than can be achieved in a classroom setting.
cMOOCs, on the other hand, are open to knowledge sharing from ordinary participants as well as the course facilitators. Anyone with knowledge to share is welcome to do so.
As you can see by the illustration, each letter in the acronym MOOC has been defined in different ways by different MOOC designers and users. We will look at the specifics of how MOOCs would work in the high school setting in a few minutes.