MOOCs are massive open online courses that are offered free online. They cover a wide range of subjects and are similar to university courses but do not typically offer academic credit. The purpose of MOOCs is to increase access to education and drive down costs while maximizing social and educational benefits. There are two main types of MOOCs: xMOOCs which focus on video lectures and cMOOCs which emphasize collaboration. While MOOCs increase access to education, completion rates tend to be low and they lack face-to-face interaction.

1. MOOCs

2. WHAT IS A MOOC ?

3. MOOCS
• MOOC stands for a Massive Open Online Course
• It is an online course aimed at large-scale participation and open (free)
access via the internet.
• They are similar to university courses, but do not tend to offer academic
credit.
• A number of web-based platforms (initiatives) supported by top universities
and colleges offer MOOCs in a wide range of subjects.

4. PURPOSE OF MOOCs
• MOOCs’ purpose is to add value to the education, in particular the learning
for the students, community, in order to maximize the social capital, while
driving down the total costs of education.

5. TYPES OF MOOCs
xMOOCs cMOOCs

7. DISADVANTAGES & ADVANTAGES

8. ADVANTAGES
•IncreasedAccess
•That if you have a question there are many other out
there ready to think about it, no matter what time of day
or what time zone.
• It is now creating an environment where faculty might
become more interested nd engaged with how they use
technology.

9. DISADVANTAGES
•Completion rates are low
•Face to Face interaction
•There is at least one instructor in a course MOOC
who lack experience as they’ve never taught online
before

10. MY FIELD OF INTEREST

11. MY FIELD OF INTEREST
• As I browsed through the courses what caught my was the course of Finance
and Economics.
• The topics that interested were Globalization andYou and Financial Analysis
of Entrepreneurial Ideas.
• These topics interest me as my first major is Business Studies which is
related to them.

12. HOW IT’S GOINGTO HELP ME
• MOOCs will assist me both on a personal and professional level because I’m
going to learn a lot.
• I’ll also get a great deal of knowledge equipping me with sufficient
information to pass to my learners
• It’s going to improve my teaching skills as I will learn a lot from my peers and
tutors.

13. Reference List
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOOCs
• http://distancelearn.about.com/od/isitforyou/a/How-Moocs-Are-Changing-
The-Way-People-Learn.htm
• http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc
• http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml