TITUS II TEACHERS COLLEGE

THIRUVALLA

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
DISADVANTAGES
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.
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