The document discusses MOOCs (massive open online courses), which emerged from the open educational resources movement. MOOCs are interactive online courses that provide education to the general public for free. The term MOOC was coined in 2008 in response to online courses called Connectivism and Connected Knowledge. MOOCs allow for widely accessible, technology-based self-learning without limitations.

1. MOOC’s
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2. What is MOOC?
 Inter-active online format of teaching.
 A manner in which education is made accessible to the general
public at no cost.

5. History of MOOC’s
• Emerged from the open educational resources (OER) movement.
• OER is a freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media used for
teaching, learning and research purposes.
• Term MOOC was coined in 2008 by Dave Cormier and Brian Alexander.

6. Continued…
• Responses to courses called Connectivism and Connected Knowledge
(CCK08).

9. MOOC’s
• All educators should get familiar with these kind of courses.
• Encourage learners to familiarize themselves with MOOC.
• Gain experience in learning how to facilitate learning.

10. MOOC…
• MOOC is a very expansive and widely accessible system.
• Provides all the opportunity to educate themselves without being limited
by personal school performance.
• A system which is technologically based in that it is all done via the
internet.
• Requires self-discipline from participants as it is all individual based.

11. MOOC…
MOOC takes on varied forms as it is a system which educates individuals in
many different career paths and is not restrictive in what individuals are able
to learn and participate in, in this way it is a liberating process and course
which all are able to participate in.