MOOCs: What motivates the producers and participants?
MOOCs: What motivates the producers and participants?
Within the current educational landscape, Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have stimulated extensive interest and hype in a short time. It has been asserted that these open courses are no more than a prelude to the disruption that traditional Higher Education Institutions will experience from the growth of on-line education. Meanwhile, institutions are making increasingly significant investments to produce MOOCs, and learners are enthusiastically enrolling in large numbers, often in tens of thousands. The analysis presented identifies a spectrum of motivating factors for universities, and suggests likely areas for future attention and developments. It further identifies a range of mo-tivations for learner participation, which may not be identical across cultures and which MOOC providers might wish to take into account.
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2015
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White, Su, Davis, Hugh, Dickens, K.P., Leon Urrutia, Manuel and Sanchez Vera, Ma Mar
(2015)
MOOCs: What motivates the producers and participants?
Zvacek, S, Restivo, M, Uhomoibhi, J and Helfert, M
(eds.)
In Computer Supported Education: CSEDU 2014.
Springer.
.
(doi:10.1007/978-3-319-25768-6_7).
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Within the current educational landscape, Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have stimulated extensive interest and hype in a short time. It has been asserted that these open courses are no more than a prelude to the disruption that traditional Higher Education Institutions will experience from the growth of on-line education. Meanwhile, institutions are making increasingly significant investments to produce MOOCs, and learners are enthusiastically enrolling in large numbers, often in tens of thousands. The analysis presented identifies a spectrum of motivating factors for universities, and suggests likely areas for future attention and developments. It further identifies a range of mo-tivations for learner participation, which may not be identical across cultures and which MOOC providers might wish to take into account.
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Accepted/In Press date: 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 December 2015
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Su White
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Ma Mar Sanchez Vera
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M Restivo
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J Uhomoibhi
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M Helfert
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