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.
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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