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MOOCs
Moocs have existed since the late 1800s but grew significantly starting in 2011-2012. They allow for open access to education across universities and have various structures including many-to-many interaction and peer assessment. Popular MOOC platforms that provide free courses include edX, Coursera, Udacity, iTunesU, Yale Open Courses, and Harvard Extension School. They provide benefits such as advancing learning, sharing information across universities, and increasing access to educational resources and technology.
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- 2. History of Moocs Accordingto USA history Moocs established 1877 examines the growth of the United States as an industrial and world power since Reconstruction.
- 3. History ofMoocs continues... SinceMOOCs have started to multiply on the web, many discussions about their structure, effectiveness and openness have been appearing. Students, teachers, e- learning specialists, academics, the media: everyone has an opinion.
- 4. Moocs history continue… Moocstook place long time ago Berkley was already offering successfully online courses since 1992. In 2011-2012 Berkley enrolled more than 2000 online courses academic.
- 5. Different types ofMoocs Academics,non- profits, individuals. Many-to –many (Dialogue, peer-to- peer interaction) Informal learning Collaborative,peer assessment.
- 6. Different types ofMoocs continue… Rich social media. Drive toward openness. Network building, collaboration. Ad hoc learner space
- 7. Purpose of Moocs. •Moocs help students with more advance information easily. • It assist students amongst Universities to share information. • It give material to students in order to do their schoolwork. •It makes students to have more access in technology.
- 8. Sites of Moocs •There are many sites about moocs that was desire to offer free education • The following pages are one of them
- 9. 1.Yale Free Courses AtOpen Yale, the school offers “free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.”
- 10. 2.Harvard Free Courses FromComputer Science to Shakespeare, students may now get a free Harvard education. “Take a class for professional development, enrichment, and degree credit. Courses run in the fall, spring, or intensive January session. No application is required.”
- 11. 3.Udemy Free Courses Itis an example of a site allows anyone to build or take online courses. Udemy’s site exclaims, “Our goal is to disrupt and democratize education by enabling anyone to learn from the world’s experts.” The New York Times reported that Udemy, “recently announced a new Faculty Project, in which award- winning professors from universities like Dartmouth, the University of Virginia and Northwestern offer free online courses. Its co-founder, Gagen Biyani, said the site has more than 100,000 students enrolled in its courses, including several, outside the Faculty Project, that charge fees.”
- 12. 4.ITunesU Free Courses Apple’sfree app “gives students access to all the materials for courses in a single place. Right in the app, they can play video or audio lectures. Read books and view presentations
- 13. Accessibility • Participants andinstructor note beneficial from accessibility that moocs offer. • Moocs are low cost or free, create irresistible appeal for recruiting potential participants.
- 14. These are theweb that Moocs occurs in….
- 15. Conclusion Moocs should bealso available to in primary schools. Ensure rural schools have an access to Moocs. It must be more available in social networks.