MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) originated in the 1960s with the idea of connecting learners through computers to discuss topics, and modern technology has enabled global access to education. MOOCs are free online courses supported by universities that can draw thousands of participants seeking skills development in fields like professional studies. While MOOCs are changing higher education and teaching approaches, there are also other online resources available. One area of interest discussed is smart tourism destinations, which use technology and engaged stakeholders to provide intelligent responses to community needs.

1. Improving of
everyday

2. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT MOOC?

3. LET ME TAKE YOU ON TO A JOURNEY ON HOW
THESE COURSE CAN CHANGE YOUR TECHNOLOGICAL
SKILLS AND IMPROVE YOUR LEARNING

4. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT FOR A MOOC CAME FROM ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN THE EARLY 1960S
WITH THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE COULD BE LINKED BY A SERIES OF COMPUTERS TO LISTEN, DISCUSS AND
LEARN ABOUT A PARTICULAR TOPIC. NOW, CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT IN TECHNOLOGY HAS
BECOME THE ENABLER FOR VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD TO HAVE ACCESS TO A BROAD
AND DIVERSE RANGE OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING TOPICS
IT IS AN ONLINE COURSE AIMED AT LARGE SCALE PARTICIPATION AND OPEN FREE
ACCESS VIA INTERNET
THIS IS A WEB BASED PLATFORM INITIATIVE SUPPORTED BY TOP UNIVERSITIES AND
COLLEGES
OFFERING THE MOOC IN A WIDE OF SUBJECTS FOR INSTANCE : PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
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AROUND THE WORLD, MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES—
MOOCS—ARE DRAWING THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS EAGER TO LEARN
SOPHISTICATED SKILLS AND MAYBE EVEN PICK UP SOME SORT OF CREDENTIAL.
MOOCS IS ALSO NOT ONLY BECOMING A “TOOL FOR DEMOCRATIZING HIGHER
EDUCATION CREDENTIAL OR CREDIT, THEY ARE ALSO CHANGING EDUCATORS’ ATTTITUDES
ABOUT TEACHING

5. WHILE THERE IS MASSIVE ONLINE OPEN COURSE
THE ARE ALSO OTHER VARIOUS OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ONLINE
RESOURCES TO USE OR CHOOSE FROM

6. FIELD OF INTEREST
Tourism hence is one of my major subject I take it to be more interesting and also has variety of topics that one can persue, for instance
Smart tourism destination/ cities
Smart cities have the ability to give intelligent reponse to various kinds of needs that happen within the same time interval
smart tourism destination take advantage of:-

macro and micro level
Technology embedded environments
- Responsive processes at the
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- End user devices in multiple
touch point engaged stake holders that use the platform dynamically as neural system

7. HOW THESE COURSE CAN CHANGE THE LIFE OR
LEARNING(TEACHING) EXPERIENCE OF MY LEARNERS AND OF MINE
AS A TEACHER
FROM THIS
To THAT

8. OPEN EDUCATION IS ABOUT SHARING, REDUCING BARRIERS AND
INCREASING ACCESS IN EDUCATION.
IT INCLUDES FREE AND OPEN ACCESS TO PLATFORMS, TOOLS AND RESOURCES IN
EDUCATION
research
Study groups
And
textbooks..etc

9. NOT ONLY WILL IT HELP AROUND THE CLASSROOM
ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLE WILL ALSO BENEFIT
HOW
IT WILL EDUCATE THEM BASED ON WHAT THEY WANT TO LEARN
BUSINESS PEOPLE CAN IMPROVE THEIR RESUMES AND SCHOOLARS CAN GET A HEAD START ON WHEN THEY BORED

10. WITH TECHNOLOGY YOU
CAN MOVE BEYOND THE
LOCAL

11. TO A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AREA AND
START ESTABLISHING NETWORKS AND
BEGIN TO REACH OUT ON THE CAMPUS
BOARDERS

12. FUTURE IS YOUR IMAGINATION

13. PRESENTED BY NOLUTHANDO M NDLOVU