MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, are online courses aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. They provide free course content without charge to a large number of people. The first MOOC was developed in 2008 by Stephen Downes and George Siemens and attracted 25 students on campus and over 2,300 online participants. In 2011, courses from Stanford University attracted over 160,000 students from around the world, with over 20,000 completing one course on artificial intelligence. MOOCs allow informal learning at a distance for free but can be problematic for those lacking computer skills or prone to misuse the freedom.

1. PRESENTED by Z. Nyoka

2. • MASSIVE
• OPEN
• ONLINE
• COURSES

3. • MOOC IS AN ONLINE COURSE AIMED AT
UNLIMITED PARTICIPATION AND OPEN
ACCESS VIA THE WEB
• MOOC IS A COURSE OF STUDY
MADEAVAILABLE IN THE INTERNET WITHOUT
CHARGE TO A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

4. • THE TERM MOOC WAS COINED TO REFER TO A
COURSE DEVELOPED BY STEPHEN DOWNES
AND GEORGE SIEMENS ANTITLED
CONNECTIVISM AND CONNECTIVITY
KNOWLEDGE.

5. • IN 2008 THE EARLIEST MOOC WAS PRESENTED
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA 25
STUDENTS ATTENDED THE COURSE AND A
FURTHER 2300 STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD PARTICIPATED ONLINE

6. • IN THE FALL OF 2011 STANFORD OFFERED THREE
COURSES FOR FREE ONLINE
• PETER NORRVIG AND SEBASTIEN THRUN
OFFERED THEIR INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE TO AN INITIAL ENROLLMENT OF
OVER 160,000 STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD. OVER 20.000 STUDENTS COMPLETED THE
COURSE.

8. • MOOCS ARE FREE
• LERNING IS INFORMAL
• DISTANCE LEARNING

9. • X MOOCS HAVE COSTS
• PROBLEMATIC IF AN INDIVIDUAL LACKS
COMPUTER SKILLS
• STUDENTS CAN MISUSE THE FREEDOM THAT
THEY HAVE FROM THE MOOCS.

10. • I AM INTEREST IN BUSINESS RELATED FIELDS
• TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT FIELDS

11. • https://sites.google.com/a/udel.edu/mooc-perspective/types-of-moocs
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goodnight
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