This presentation provides an overview of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). It defines MOOCs as online courses that provide unlimited and open access to students worldwide. The history section outlines that the first MOOC emerged in 2008 through a course on connectivism that had over 2,000 registered students. MOOCs work by having curriculum and video lectures and require students to participate in online discussions, quizzes and activities. They are characterized by being free, unlimited and allowing open access to learning content. The presentation also describes the two main types of MOOCs and outlines the presenter's fields of interest within biology for MOOC study.

1. M.P MABASO
MOOC (MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE)
PRESENTATION

3. TABLE OF CONTENT
What is MOOC?
The History of MOOCs.
How does it work?
The characteristics of MOOC
Types of MOOC
Field of interest

4. WHAT IS MOOC?
Online course aimed to provide unlimited and open access to anyone from
anywhere around the world. MOOCs is a form of distance learning in our society
that provides an interactive platform for professors and students helps to build a
community within society(http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-
online-course-mooc).
 MOOC offers a variety of courses which are ran in partnership with international
universities in order to provide easy, accessible learning to anyone who wish to
participate.

5. THE HISTORY OF MOOC
• MOOC first emerged from the open educational resources (OER) movement, in
response to the course called Connectivism and Connective knowledge (CCK08) Dave
Cormier of the University of Prince Edward Island coined the term MOOC in 2008
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course). CCK08 was led by
George Siemens of Athabasca University and Stephen Downes of the National
Research Council, it consisted of 25 registered tuition paying students with 2200
registered non paying students, all courses were available online(RSS feed) where
online students could participate in various collaborative
activities(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course). Thereafter,
other MOOC courses emerged with partnership of other Universities.

6. HOW DOES IT WORK?
A MOOC has a curriculum and course content which consist of reading
assignments and short video recording of lectures which are usually 8-12 minutes.
Students are required to participate in online discussions using their studying
material to complete quizzes and activities which have been assigned to them.
MOOC is conducted by organizations, mostly non-profitable, and decide what is
going to be taught and at what level. They basically form faculty teams and
support staff to design and conduct the course
(http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc).

7. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
MOOC
MOOC provides learning resources ranging from reading material to
video, ensure that leaning is facilitated effectively.
MOOC is free and unlimited, anyone and enroll to start learning.
MOOC allows content learning delivery to anyone who wants to part-
take.

8. TYPES OF MOOC
1.cMOOC
2.xMOOC

9. CMOOC
Mainly about knowledge creation
Places great emphasis on the principles of Connectivism
Learning is mainly through peer interaction
Values students input on course path
Place great emphasis on social networked learning

10. XMOOC
Have a traditional lecture format
Provides objective feedback from quiz results
Follow a linear path- provided by the instructor
Place a great emphasis on video presentation
Mainly about knowledge duplication

11. MY FIELD OF INTEREST IN MOOC
• The field of Biology
Within the field I am interested include:
 Genetics
 Environment
 Evolution
 Micro-Organism
 Human Anatomy

13. REFERENCES
• Educause. 7 things you should know
about.(http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc).
Viewed 18 February 2014
• Massive Open Online Courses.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course). Viewed 19 February
2014

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