The document discusses MOOCs and provides an example of a proposed MOOC on the Soweto Uprising. It begins with an introduction to MOOCs by James Mathonsi. It then discusses the author's interest in history and fascination with thinking about historical figures as everyday people living in different times. The proposed MOOC on the Soweto Uprising would provide interactive user forums to support community interactions between students, professors, and TAs around the world, while ensuring effective teaching to thousands of students simultaneously and encouraging universities to make their courses available online for open learning.

1. What is a Mooc
PRESENTED BY JAMES MATHONSI.

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3. BEATRICE SAMUKELISIWE ZWANE
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4. BEATRICE SAMUKELISIWE ZWANE
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Zaid Ali Alsagoff
, Principal Lead (e-Learning & Innovation) at IMU

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8. My field of interest is History, Since:
 It fascinates me to think about the fact that these people from
history - from the famous and infamous to the unknown commoners
- were people just like us, with the same emotions, but living in such
a different world. Historical worlds seem so alien when you stop and
think about them, how can they not be interesting? And to think
that those worlds are intricately linked to our own - that it is OUR
history, as human beings and as a society which has moved forward
and evolved through time... how can that not be interesting?
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9. My Mooc Topic: Soweto Uprising
 My plan for this Mooc is to provide
interactive user forums to support
community interactions between students,
professors, and teaching assistants. I also
plan to ensure effective teaching to
thousands of students around the world
simultaneously. In addition, to encourage
Universities to put their course online to set
up open learning.
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