SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

DR. SAM THOMAS JOY ANIX J. VENGAPPALLY

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 1 st YEAR B.ED
TITUS II TEACHERS COLLEGE COMMERCE
WHAT IS MOOC ?
 The term MOOC was coined in 2008 by Dave Cormier from
the university of Prince Edward Island.
 A MOOC is a free web – based distance learning program
that is designed for the participation of large number of
geographically dispersed students.
 TYPES OF MOOC
There are two types of MOOC :

 x MOOC : content-based MOOCs

 cMOOC : connectivist MOOCs

 PURPOSE OF MOOC

 MOOCs diversify education by adding classes to a virtual

platform ,giving anyone in the world access to the course .
 Teachers are able to handle large number of students at a
time .
 MOOCs allows students to access virtually any topic the
want to learn.
 ELEMENTS OF MOOC
Four essential elements for successful MOOC :

 Autonomy – Students decide their limit of participation .

 Diversity – Students are from different background and countries .

 Openness - Allowing every person to participate .

 Interactivity – Students should chat , social networking , collaboration,

meeting and video.
EFFECTIVENESS OF MOOC
 ADVANTAGES
 No tuition fees .
 Learning is in formal .
 Open access.
 Students can share their works .
 Students can collaborate with
their peers from different parts
of the world .
 Computer and Internet are the
only resources needed.
DISADVANTAGES
 Easy for students to drop out .
 Do not provide feed back due to
large number of students .
 Technical problems .
 Limited real world engagement.
 Students need to be responsible
for their own work because
MOOC provide self – directed
learning
REFERENCE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mooc
http://www.edx.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/learning_styles
http://www.class_central.com/report/moocs