A MOOC is a massive open online course that provides learning content online to any person who wants to take the course. Key aspects of a MOOC include large numbers of students, open access from any location, and online course delivery. MOOCs originated in the early 2000s and have grown significantly since then. They can benefit educational institutions by providing data to improve teaching practices and expanding access to learning opportunities. While MOOCs offer advantages like open participation, challenges also exist like helping all learners master the content.

1. Student no:
201212522
Module
Course:Proffessiona
l studies 3A

3. M- Massive
O- OPen
O- Online
C- Course

4. What is a MOOC?

5. massive open online course (MOOC) is a
model for delivering learning content online
to any person who wants to take a course,
with no limit on attendance.

.........is a free Web-based distance
learning program that is designed for the
participation
of
large
numbers
of
geographically dispersed students.
A

6. According to Stephen downes:2008, from the
University of Prince Edward Island...
Massive-Student numbers can be 100,000+
Open -Study any course, anywhere at anytime
Online -As opposed face to face or blended
Course -Learning unit in an academic Subject

7. MOOCs can answer and provide data
for developing World institution to review
their teaching and learning practices fro
better qualities and outcomes.

8. xMOOCs,
cMOOCs
and
Open
Boundary course

9.  2004;George
Siemens and Stephen Downes
develop theory of Connectivism,”the thesis
that knowledge is distributed across a network
of connections and learning therefore consists
of the ability to construct and traverse those
networks ( Downes, 2012)

10. 2002:MIT OpenCourseWare project formed
 2008:First MOOC presented at the University of
Manitoba with-2200 registrants
 2008:Khan academy starts (actually in 2006)
 2010:Daive Cormier video about MOOCs added on
YouTube
 2011:MOOcs for college skills helps freshmen
prepare for college requirements(cormier,2011)
 2012: New York Times calls 2012 “The year of
MOOC”
 2013:cMOOCs and xMOOCs too numerous to
accurately count


11. •learners
with instructors or coaches that
can help them master the content.
• Teachers ,Lectures or any person that is able to
use the internet or have an access to social
media and networks.

12. •Educators
can recognize the advantages of MOOCs, as it a
benefit to the teachers life in any several challenges exist.
•The concept of openness as any learner can take part in
classroom activities as individual being able to interact with
the other fellow students especially when it a diverse learning
institution

13.  My
field of interest is IsiZulu (Mother tongue)
and Life orientation, I will use Moocs to
expand or increase my Knowledge , This
online open education will make things
easier for me as a Language teacher,
specifically in Poetry and literature as it
seemed as a most challenging part of
language teaching and learning for students
in our days. I totally believe that it will make
an impact to everyone who’s in the same
grade or class as my pupils who will receiving
learning throughout the Moocs.

14.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_
online_course
 http://www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform36/Mak
ingSenseOfMOOCs.html#.Uwfd4_lrXDs
 http://www.downes.ca/post/58913