Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) provide unlimited online participation and open access to course content via the web. MOOCs are massive in scale, open to all, online, and cover a single topic or course. They are characterized by being free of charge, requiring no formal entry qualifications, using social media and online tools to facilitate a learner-centered experience with increased student participation and self-direction. The history of MOOCs includes the open education movement and early connectivist MOOCs, leading to larger MOOCs offered by universities today that can differ in their approaches.

1. Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOC’s)
EDUCATION AIMED AT UNLIMITED PARTICIPATION AND OPEN ACCESS VIA THE WEB

2. Content:
 What is a MOOC?
 Characteristics of a MOOC
 The history of MOOC’s
 MOOC Types
 A MOOC of my choice

3. What is a MOOC?
 MASSIVE
 Uses the Internet to connect with others on a
global scale
 OPEN
 No charge for students
 ONLINE
 Learning together in digital modes
 COURSE
 A MOOC Covers a single topic

4. Characteristics
 Free of charge
 No formal entry requirement
 Virtual Learning Environment is not the centre of the
course
 Use a variety of (new) social media and online tools
 Learner-centered
 Increased student participation and self-direction
 Facilitators create the environment not way of learning
 Scattered chaos

5. Brief History of MOOCs
 Open Education Movement
 Open content, open knowledge, open content
 Connectivism
 learning is successful if we connect and build relevant networks
 CCK08
 Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Course run in 2008
 Stanford MOOCs (2012)
 Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Databases

6. MOOC Types
C X
Academics, Non profits,
Individuals
Major Universities
Constructivist, Connectivism
approach
Behaviourist, Cognitivist approach
Many-to-many (Dialogue,
Peer2Peer interactions)
One-to-many (Student/Content,
Teacher/Student interactions)
Informal learning More formal learning
Collaborative, peer
assessment
Coordinated assessments and
quizzes (often automated)
Rich social media Social media used
Network building,
collaboration
Organised group work

7. Food, Nutrition and Your Health
The course of my choice is from the online university called Open to Study:
► This course focuses on health and dietary issues
► The course begins on the 3rd of August 9:00 GTM.
► The duration of course is 6 Weeks
► My modules are as follows:
► Basic nutrition
► Dietary intake
► Eating disorders
► Healthful nutrition

8. My Open to Study Profile