A MOOC is a massive open online course that is open for anyone to take online anytime for free. The first MOOC was launched in 2008 by educators Stephen Downes and George Siemens and had over 2,200 students. In 2012, a Stanford course on artificial intelligence attracted over 160,000 students from around the world, demonstrating the massive potential of MOOCs. Since then, companies like Udacity, Coursera and edX were created to develop MOOC platforms, expanding access to education on a global scale. The document discusses the history and types of MOOCs.

1. WHAT IS A MOOC Presented by Thulisile
Sobhudula

3. A MOOC is a massive open online course that caters to people who
are open to learning anywhere, anytime, online…… its open to
anyone who wants to take a course

4. “THESE CLASSES ARE AIMED AT
EXPANDING A UNIVERSITY’S REACH
FROM THOUSANDS OF TUITION PAYING
STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN TOWN TO
MILLIONS OF STUDENTS AROUND THE
WORLD”

5. MOOCS ARE…….

6. HISTORY OF MOOCS
It is within networks that learning can generate quite interesting
experiences. This leads us to the raise of MOOCs. Did you know that
the first one was launched in 2008? It was called ‘Connectivism and
Connective Knowledge/2008’ (CCK8), created by educators Stephen
Downes and George Siemens. Building off a for-credit course at the
University of Manitoba, Canada, this was the first class designed
behind the acronym of ‘MOOC’ and used many different platforms to
engage students with the topic, including Facebook groups, Wiki
pages, blogs, forums and other resources.
Around 2,200 people signed up for CCK08, and 170 of them created
their own blogs. The course was free and open, which meant that
anyone could join, modify or remix the content without paying
(although a paid, certified option was offered).

7. HISTORY OF MOOCS CONT.……
In 2012, another MOOC experiment caught academics’ attention. Two Stanford Professors
Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig decided to offer “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence”
for free online. Designed to resemble real classroom experiences and offer high-quality
classes for everyone, the idea had the advantage of carrying the prestigious Stanford
name .
More than 160,000 students in 190 countries signed up, and for the first time, an open
online course was truly ‘massive’. This led Thrun and Norvig to build a new business
model for online knowledge, the start-up Udacity.
It did not take long until other professors adapted their ideas using own resources. Within
one year, two more American start-ups for MOOCs appeared: Coursera and EdX. In 2013,
the Open University is building its own MOOC platform, Futurelearn, which will feature
universities from the United Kingdom. And there are many other independent MOOC
initiatives appearing, including Open2Study in Australia and iversity in Germany.
These MOOC start-ups might have different goals, but what they have in common is the
connection between learners and teachers. We’ve come a long ways from the one-way
conversation of correspondence courses and educational videocassettes, but whatever is
eventually written about the history of MOOCs, academic knowledge will never be seen the
same way. More and more, knowledge and information can be easily reduced into small
bits and rapidly transmitted to anywhere in the world, to anyone

8. TYPES OF MOOCS

9. TYPES OF MOOCS CONT.….

11. FIELD OF INTEREST
I am interested in music and learning a different language, most
probably French, Portuguese or Italian.

12. FIELD OF INTEREST CONT.….
My MOOC topic will be about the fundamentals of music, the theory
of music, it provides skills needed to read and write Western music
notation, as well as to understand, analyse, and listen informedly. It
will cover material such as pitches and scales, intervals, clefs, rhythm,
form, meter, phrases and cadences, and basic harmony.
My language Mooc will be Portuguese.

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What in the world is a mooc? The Washington post. Written by Jenna
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