An exploration of MOOCs

1. MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE
KP MANDIWANA
30 JULY 2015
MOOCS

2. CONTENTS
• What is a Mooc?
• Characteristics
• Providers of Moocs
• Early Approaches
• Benefits
• Disadvantages
• What to consider

3. WHAT IS A MOOC ??
https://youtu.be/eW3gMGqcZQc
• massive open online course (MOOC /muːk/)
• online course
• aimed at unlimited participation
• open access via the web
• filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets
• MOOCs provide interactive user forums to support
community interactions between students, professors,
etc.

5. Characteristics
• No charges (maybe)
• No Participation limit
• No Formal entry requirement
• Uses a variety of new social
media and online tools
• Learner Centered
• Life long networked learning
• Shared work

7. WELL KNOWN PROVIDERS OF MOOCS
• http://www.udacity.com. Classes are typically created by the
company. Teachers are from a diverse set of backgrounds,
and may or may not be associated with a university.
• https://www.coursera.org. Coursera partners with Universities
around the world to offer free courses..
• https://www.edx.org. EdX is a consortium of universities that
offer MOOCs. Courses are offered by the university, and
teachers are typically associated with the university.
• https://p2pu.org/en. Peer to Peer University works on a model
of people creating course materials together to study various
topics. So the course is a collaboration of peers working
together.
• http://www.uopeople.org. The worlds first tuition free online
university.."

8. EARLY APPROACHES HISTORY
• emerged from the open
educational resources(OER)
movement
• distance learning appeared
in the form
of correspondence
courses in the 1890s-1920s
• later radio and television
broadcast of courses and
early forms of e-learning

9. BENEFITS
• Able to be
organized in any
setting with
connectivity
• Use any online tools
that are relevant
• You can use your
own device
• Work across time zones
and boundaries
• Connect across any
kind of institution and
discipline
• Don’t need a degree
to enter
• Improve lifelong
learning skills

10. DISADVANTAGES
• Chaotic
• Demands digital literacy
• Demands self directed learning
• Requires time and effort
• Technology can distract from learning
purpose and content
• Participants must self-regulate and set their
own goal

11. WHAT TO CONSIDER
• Openness
• Quality
• Privacy
• Certification
• Certificates can be
traded for credit-
expensive
• Pedagogy
• Safe learning
environment with
guidelines
• Completion
• Drop out rates
• thousands of people sign
up for class, thousands
don't finish them.
• Cheating
• we don't really know
who is doing the
assignments.
• Assessment