MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES

201317726KAMOGELO MASOMBUKA

CONTENTS

WHAT IS A MOOC? THE HISTORY OF MOOCS DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOOCS TECHNOLOGY POTENTIAL BENEFITS MY FIELD OF INTEREST

WHAT IS A MOOC? A MOOC IS AN ONLINE COURSE

AIMED AT UNLIMITED PARTICIPATION AND OPEN ACCESS VIA THE WEB

MOOCS PROVIDE INTERACTIVE USER FOR A THAT HELP BUILD A COMMUNITY FOR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS AND TEACHING ASSISTANCE.

THE HISTORY OF MOOCS

BEFORE THE DIGITAL AGE, DISTANCE LEARNING APPEARED IN THE FORM OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSES, BROADCAST COURSES AND EARLY FORMS OF E-LEARNING

BY THE 1980s CORRESPONDENCE COURSES ON SPECIALIZED TOPICS SUCH AS CIVIL SERVICE TESTS AND SHORTHAND WERE PROMOTED BY DOOR-DOOR SALESMEN.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOOCS

X-MOOCS: HAVE THEIR BACKGROUND IN THE RISE OF OPEN COURSE WARE. X-MOOC DOESN’T STAND FOR ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY.

C- MOOCS: A MOOC DESIGNED TO EMPHASIZE CONNECTING LEARNERS. IT STANDS FOR CONNECTIVIST MOOC.

TECHNOLOGY

UNLIKE TRADITIONAL COURSES, MOOCS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SKILLS, PROVIDED BY VIDEO GRAPHERS, INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS, IT SPECIALISTS AND PLATFORM SPECIALISTS.

POTENTIAL BENEFITS

1. APPROPRIATE FOR ANY WEB CONNECTIVITY

2. ANY LANGUAGE MAY BE USED3. ANY ONLINE TOOLS4. ESCAPE TIME ZONES5. PRODUCE AND DELIVER IN

SHORT TIMEFRAME 6. CONTEXTUALIZED CONTENT

My field of interest

I am interested in joining a MOOC about the English language and generally the literature that comes with it too.

I am interested in this because I feel that I will be able to advance my English skills as well as writing.

Interests continued…

The topics that I would like to pursue are:

LanguageLiterature

NovelsPoetry

Drama

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/.../massive_open_online_courses. Retrieved online on the 20th of February 2014

http://oertools.weebly/types-of-moocs.html. Retrieved online on the 20th of February 2014