The first MOOC offered in 2008 by Stephen Downes and George Siemens was

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The correct answer is Connectivism and Connective knowledge.

A massive open online course (MOOC) or an open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web.

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MOOC courses:

The term MOOC was coined to refer to a course developed by Stephen Downes and George Siemens entitled Connectivism and Connectivity Knowledge in 2008.
CCK08 was really meant as an experiment in connectivism rather than massive learning.
Their intention was to exploit the possibility for interactions between a wide variety of participants made possible by online tools so as to provide a richer learning environment than traditional tools would allow.

Additional Information

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence:
- It was started by Peter Norvig and Sebastien Thrun in 2011
Rhizomatic Learning:
- Deleuze and Guattari's principles of the rhizome were used to inform the design of a massive open online course (MOOC), Rhizomatic Learning.
- This invokes the biological metaphor of a rhizome, likening learning to the roots of a plant. The roots can spread out laterally and horizontally, consisting of a series of nodes, with no distinct center, beginning or end, and no defined boundary – the only restrictions to growth are those that exist in the surrounding habitat