the presentation is all about understanding what MOOCs is.

1. UNDERSTANDING OF
MOOCs

2. CONTENT
 What is MOOC?
 Importance of using MOOCs in teaching and
learning.
 Purposes of MOOCs
 Types of MOOCs
 History of MOOCs
 My field of interest and areas
 Reference list

3. What is MOOC?
 MOOC is defined: as online course
that is designed for the participation
of large numbers of students.

4. OPEN
MASSIVE
COURSE
ONLINE

5. Important use of moocs in teaching and learning.
 Provide clear, explicit communication about exactly what
students need to do to succeed in the course.
 Deliver information consistently each week.
 Help students build a supportive learning community. Make
sure the online forum is used well to offer a place for students
to connect, construct, and make meaning.

6. Purpose of MOOCs.
Is to increase access to higher
education.
To reduce costs and reinvigorate
teaching and learning.
 To improve learning and teaching.

7. Types of MOOCs
cMOOC
 Promote diversity
 Designed as massive
networks
 Open education and use
open educational resources
 Informal learning
xMOOC
 Encourage a diversity of
participants
 Convened on a designed
platform
 Built their content within the
course platform and it is
copyright
 Formal learning

8. Briefly history of moocs
In 2008, Dave Cormier and Bryan Alexander came
with the idea of MOOC to describe a particular model
of online course.
It is developed by canadian academics Stephen
Downes and George Siemens.
 open educational resources movement
Their course was based on connectivist principles.

9. History continue…..
 In 2011, MOOCs entered the wider public consciousness.
 In 2013, wikipedia noted that there are two features to a
MOOC that contrast it with established university course
delivery.
 Open access
 scalability

10. Field of interest
Mathematics

From the foundation of mathematics apply maths games to engage
learners to next step of their future.

11. Areas of interests
 Algebra
 Exponents
 Sequence and series
 Logs
 Calculus
 Trigonometry
 Analytical geometry
 Geometry

12. References
Universities UK (2013), ‘Massive Open Online Courses: Higher education’s
digital moment?’ http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducation/Pages/
MOOCsHigherEducationDigitalMoment.aspx. Accessed 20/06/2013 20.
Yuan, L and Powell, S (2013), ‘MOOCs and Open Education: Implications for
Higher Education’ http://publications.cetis.ac.uk/2013/667. Accessed
20/06/2013