scholarly journals Massive open online courses (MOOCS): systematic literature review in Malaysian higher education

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 2197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waleed Al-Rahmi ◽  
Ahmed Aldraiweesh ◽  
Noraffandy Yahaya ◽  
Yusri Bin Kamin

This study provided a systematic and organized review of 32 studies regarding using of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Ma-laysian higher education from 2012 to 2017. This paper conducted an analysis of studies dedicated of using (MOOCs) for learning on the basis of certain dimensions namely, journal, country, author, year of publication, research methods, type of respondents, the models, and the theories. The findings obtained revealed that the interest on the topic has shown an increasing trend over recent years that it has ultimately become a well-known topic for academic research in the future. Nevertheless, to boost and enhance the using (MOOCs) for learning, it is important that future studies apply considerable use of theoretical and methodological approaches like the qualitative methods to examine the factors it will encourage students to use (MOOCs).  

Author(s):  
Carolina Costa ◽  
Leonor Teixeira ◽  
Helena Alvelos

This article analyses the current usage of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in HEIs. First, a literature review is performed to identify and classify the recent developments in the area and to characterize the most used platforms and courses. Following this, an analysis of MOOCs offered by some HEIs is carried out to characterize and compare the courses available in the platforms. Concerning the main findings, the literature reveals that usage of MOOCs has been growing in recent years and that Coursera and EdX are the two main platforms used. The analysis of MOOCs available in those platforms shows that the number of universities using them and the number of courses offered have been increasing. The comparison between the courses available through the above-mentioned platforms shows that EdX is more interdisciplinary. The outcomes of this article are valuable for researchers on ICT use in HEI and may help professors implementing MOOCs in their own environment.


Data in Brief ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 118-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waleed Al-Rahmi ◽  
Ahmed Aldraiweesh ◽  
Noraffandy Yahaya ◽  
Yusri Bin Kamin ◽  
Akram M. Zeki

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (58) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Amado ◽  
Ana Pedro

O presente artigo decorre de uma investigação que tem como objetivo contribuir para a estruturação de um referencial para caracterizar Massive Open Online Courses, no âmbito da formação contínua de professores. Neste artigo iremos identificar quais as dimensões que a literatura assinala como adequadas para o design de MOOC. Para isso iremos adotar a abordagem qualitativa scoping literature review, cujo propósito passa por identificar e analisar dimensões formuladas em trabalhos relevantes publicados na área. Foi possível identificar um conjunto de necessidades relacionadas com as ofertas formativas para professores e questões de design de cursos massivos no âmbito da formação contínua de professores. Por aplicação de critérios de elegibilidade foram selecionados para análise nove artigos. Os resultados revelam a existência de um conjunto de recursos e decisões a valorizar e destacar aquando da implementação de cursos massivos para a formação contínua de professores, nomeadamente, os conteúdos, a avaliação, a descrição geral do curso, o público-alvo e a abordagem pedagógica.


2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (05) ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Nurgul Dhoranovna Ghoranova ◽  
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Gauhar Sarsenbaevna Borankulova ◽  

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Olsson

AbstractThe conditions for higher education teachers operating in a technology-enhanced education setting and an open educational context – such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) – are different when compared to traditional teaching methods (e.g. in a lecture hall). This study investigates the grounds for 20 teachers at Swedish Higher education institutions to be involved in MOOC development projects. Six categories are found and described; including curiosity, merits, teaching development, flexibility, as well as the possibility to disseminate their research and expand their professional networks. Interviewees believed that the work was a viable way to strengthen their research portfolio, while also making a limited effort for teaching, enhancing the dissemination possibilities and strengthening their research networks.


Author(s):  
Asra Khalid ◽  
Karsten Lundqvist ◽  
Anne Yates

In recent years, massive open online courses (MOOCs) have gained popularity with learners and providers, and thus MOOC providers have started to further enhance the use of MOOCs through recommender systems. This paper is a systematic literature review on the use of recommender systems for MOOCs, examining works published between January 1, 2012 and July 12, 2019 and, to the best of our knowledge, it is the first of its kind. We used Google Scholar, five academic databases (IEEE, ACM, Springer, ScienceDirect, and ERIC) and a reference chaining technique for this research. Through quantitative analysis, we identified the types and trends of research carried out in this field. The research falls into three major categories: (a) the need for recommender systems, (b) proposed recommender systems, and (c) implemented recommender systems. From the literature, we found that research has been conducted in seven areas of MOOCs: courses, threads, peers, learning elements, MOOC provider/teacher recommender, student performance recommender, and others. To date, the research has mostly focused on the implementation of recommender systems, particularly course recommender systems. Areas for future research and implementation include design of practical and scalable online recommender systems, design of a recommender system for MOOC provider and teacher, and usefulness of recommender systems.  


Author(s):  
Triloki Pant ◽  
Swati Pant

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have evolved in past decade and become one of the prominent parts of the higher education system. The MOOCs provided a promising platform to aspirants who wanted to study further to either enhance their educational status or learn new technologies. With the evolution of MOOC, many platforms started to offer such courses, and many of them are not free as these courses need to register with some nominal fee. The role and need of libraries come at this point for MOOC courses as the courses are bundled with corresponding study material. The print library needs to assist e-library so that it may be compatible with the MOOCs and corresponding resources. The technological shift from print to e-library has a great impact on e-learning followed by MOOCs; however, the issue of MOOC libraries and resources is yet to be resolved to ensure the availability to all the users. The chapter deals with the need of library for MOOCs, its structure and technology shift from print library to e-library, along with the differentiation between e-learning and MOOCs.


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