MOOCSPRESENTED BY: MTHETHWA TC

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OVERVIEW!

WHAT ARE MOOCS?

WHY MOOCS?

MOOKS QUESTIONS

TYPES OF MOOCS

MY INTEREST

REFERENCES

WHAT ARE MOOCS?

THIS IS CLEARLY EXPLAIND BY Cormier, D. (2008). BY DIVIDING THE LETTETS.

M-MASSIVE:

O-OPEN:

O-ONLINE:

C-COURSES:

MOOCS

MASSIVE: A MASSIVE NUMBER OF STUDENT CAN ENROLL OR PARTICIPATE IN A CERTAIN MODULE.

OPEN: YOU ARE ABLE TO STUDY ANY COURSE, ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME

ONLINE: IT IS NOT FACE TO FACE LEARNING

COURSES: YOU CHOOSE ANY LEARNING UNIT IN AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT OR LEARNING AREA.

WHY MOOCS?

THIS GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE SELF OR ONLINE LEARNING AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU GET ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF YOUR WORK.

FOR EXAMPLE: CERTIFICATE FOR COURSE COMPLETION

TYPES OF MOOCS

Network Based / Connectivist / cMOOCs.

Task Based MOOC’s

Content Based MOOCs / xMOOCs.

MY INTEREST FIELD

MY INTEREST IS IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE.

I WOULD LIKE TO DO INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING.

THIS WILL DEVELOP MY THINKING ABILITY.

THIS WILL HELP WITH CRITICAL THINKING, SINCE I WOULD BE DEVELOPING SOME ALGORITHMS.

CONCLUSTION

MOOCS ARE VERY INTERESTING

MOOCS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE, ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME.

SO JOIN THE MOOCS AND ENJOY YOUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

SO ARE YOU GONNA GO FOR MOOCS??

COME ON AND JOIN THE MOOCS

CONNECT WITH THE WORLD AND HAVE FUN

REFERENCES

Cormier, D. (2008). The CCK08 MOOC – Connectivism Course, 1/4 Way. Dave’s Educational Blog. Retrieved April 4, 2013, from http://davecormier.com/edblog/2008/10/02/the-cck08-mooc-connectivism-course-14-way/

Coursera. (2013a). About Coursera. RetrievedApril 4, 2013, fromhttps://www.coursera.org/about

Downes, S. (2010). 03. CCK08 - The Distributed Course. The MOOC Guide. RetrievedApril 4, 2013, from https://sites.google.com/site/themoocguide/3-cck08---the-distributed-course

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