1. Gugulethu patricia
mthambo
201224785
professionalstudies
3a

2. Table of content
3. WHAT ARE MOOCs
4. HISTORY OF MOOCs
5 BENEFITS OF MOOCs
6. DISADVANTAGES OF MOOCs
7.THE IMPORTANCE OF MOOCs
8. IMAGE
9. TYPES OF MOOCs
10. CRITICS ABOUT MOOCs
11. MY FIELD OF INTEREST
12. IMAGES OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
13. MY INTEREST
14. REFERECE LIST

3. What are moocs?
– MOOC: MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE, IS AN ONLINE
COURSE WHREBY AN INDIVIDUAL CAN HAVE AN
UNLIMITED PARTICIPATION AND AN OPEN ACCESS VIA
THE WEB
– MOOCS OFFER FREE ONLINE COLLEGE COURSES, AND
THEY ARE OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO JOIN
– MOOCS CAN ALSO BE EXPLAINED AS “DISTANT
LEARNING”

4. History of moocs
THE TERM ‘MOOC’
WAS COINED BY TWO
INDIVIDUALS
NAMELY: BRYAN
ALEXANDER AND
DAVE COMIER IN
2008.
Jim Groom from The University of Mary
Washington and Michael Branson Smith
of York College, City University of New
York, adopted this course structure and
hosted their own MOOCs through several
universities.
THE FIRST MOOCs
EMERGED FROM THE
OPEN EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES MOVEMENT

5. BENEFITS OF MOOCS
• YOU ARE ABLE TO DO ALL THE COURSES
THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT UNIVERSITIES,
FROM ENGINEERING, COMPUTER SCIENCES,
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND THE OTHERS
• YOU CAN DO ALL THIS COURSES FOR FREE
• MOOCS OFFER EVRYONE A RIGHT TO
EDUCATION
• PEOPLE WHO LACK FUNDS CAN GAIN A LOT
FROM MOOCS

6. DISADVANTAGES OF MOOCS
• IN MOOCS, TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
DEAL WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS, SO THEY ARE UNABLE TO GIVE
FEEDBACK ON TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS
• ONLY STUDENTS WHO ARE DEDICATED,
USUALLY COMPLETE THIS COURSE

7. The importance of moocs
• MOOCs ARE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE
WHO HAS INTERNET ACCSESS AND THE
COURSES THAT THEY PROVIDE ARE FOR
FREE
• PARTICIPANTS CAN LEARN CERTAIN IDEAS
AND ATTITUDES FROM EACH OTHER
• MOOCs PROVIDE A LIFELONG LEARNING

9. Types of moocs
•
WE FIND TWO TYPES OF MOOCS:
X-MOOC AND C- MOOC
 X-MOOC-have developed out of the
idea of OpenCourseWare and
Open Educational Resources.
 C- MOOCS- IS A MOOC DESIGNED TO
CONNECT LEARNERS

10. Critics about MOOCs
 THERE IS A FEAR THAT MOOCS MIGHT REPLACE
PROFESSORS WITH TECHNOLOGY
 CONCERNS THAT THE SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
ASPECTS OF LEARNING WILL BE LOST
 CONCERNS ABOUT HIGH DROP-OUT RATES
MOOCs HAVE EXPERIENCED

11. MY FIELD OF INTEREST
• MY FIELD OF INTEREST IS LIFE SCIENCES
• LIFE SCIENCES IS ACTUALLY A VERY BIG DEAL IN
THE WORLD- LIFE SCIENCES DEALS WIH
EVERYTHING THAT DEALS WITH LIFE AND
SCIENCES
• MY FAVOURITE TOPIC IN LIFE SCIENCES IS
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
• DURING THE PROCESS OF PHOTOYNTHESIS, PLANT
CELLS PRODUCE OXYGEN, WHICH IS THE GAS WE
NEED TO LIVE
• I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO PURSUE THIS TOPIC IN
MY MOOC EXPERIENCE.

12. IMAGES OF
PHOTOSYNTHESIS

13. MY INTEREST
• ANOTHER TOPIC THAT I MIGHT PURSUE IN
MY MOOC EXPERIENCE IS DNA GENETICS
• THE STUDY OF DNA GENETICS IS VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE,WE USE IT TO
PREVENT GENETIC DISEASE AND WE USE
IT IN COURT CASES

14. REFERENCE LIST :
• http://moocnewsandreviews.com/a-short-history-of-moocsand-distance-learning/
• http://moocguide.wikispaces.com/1.+History+of+MOOC's
• http://www.moocs.co/
• http://oertools.weebly.com/types-of-moocs.html
• https://www.google.co.za/search?q=WHY+IS+PHOTOSYNTHE
SIS+IMPORTANT+TO+HUMANS&espv=210&es_sm=93&sourc
e=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=1pUIU562O5OThgenjIGQDw&ve
d=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=923
• Daniel, J.S. (2012) “Making sense of MOOCs: Musing in a maze of
myth, paradox and possibility”, Journal of Interactive Media in
Education, available from http://wwwjime.open.ac.uk/article/2012-18/pdf (accessed 22 february
2014).