A MOOC is a massive open online course that is available for free to anyone with an Internet connection. There are two main types of MOOCs: xMOOCs, which are typically offered by universities in partnership with for-profit organizations and focus on recorded expert lectures, and cMOOCs, which emphasize connecting learners and are built on platforms envisioning social connectivity. MOOCs first emerged in 2008 from a course on connectivism and connective knowledge that had 25 tuition-paying students but was also taken online for free by over 2,300 others.

2.  What does “MOOC” stand for?
 What is meant by “MOOC”?
 Types of “MOOC”.
 History of “MOOC”.
 Some links to get started.

3. M - MASSIVE
O - OPEN
O - ONLINE
C - COURSE

4. A MOOC IS A COURSE THAT IS
UNDERTAKEN ONLINE AND IS OPEN FOR
EVERYBODY. THEY ARE OFTEN RUN BY
UNIVERISTIES AND ALTHOUGH THEU MAY
NOT OFFER CREDITS, THEY DO OFFER
CERTIFICATES AND CAN BE PUT ON YOUR
C.V WHEN APPLYING FOR A JOB.

5. xMOOC
Appear to have developed out of the idea of Open Courseware
and Open Educational Resources. The "X" in X-MOOC doesn't
stand for anything specifically.
But X-MOOCs are typically offered by a university in
partnership with a for profit organization.
 "X" standing for "Expert" because most of these MOOCs are
taught by relying on recorded experts at well known universities

6. cMOOC
 The term C-MOOC refers to a MOOC designed
to emphasize connecting learners.
 C-MOOCs are built upon the idea and platform
originally envisioned
 C-MOOC stands for Connectives MOOC.

7.  The term MOOC was coined in 2008 by Dave Cormier at the
University of Prince Edward Island and Bryan Alexander of
the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education in response
to an open online course designed and led by George Siemens at
Athabasca University and Stephen Downes at The National Research
Council (Canada).
 The 2008 course was called "Connectivism and Connective
Knowledge" and was presented to 25 tuition fee-paying students in
Extended Education at the University of Manitoba in addition to 2,300
other students from the general public who took the online class free of
charge.

8. HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO GET STARTED:
 http://www.bdpa-
detroit.org/portal/index.php/comittees/high-
school-computer- competition-hscc/29-
education/57-moocs-top-10-sites-for-free-
education-with- elite-universities.html
 http://www.moocs.co/
 http://www.mooc-list.com

9.  http://www.openculture.com/free_certificate_cou
rses
 https://www.edx.org/edx-blog