Do you love learning? Why not try a MOOC? Photo credit: Alzughaibi, S. (2010). Study Hard. Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/8XPD3F

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Have you ever…?ANSWER ‘YES’ OR ‘NO’ TO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS

Wanted to learn something new just for the love of learning?

Wanted to take a course at an elite university for free?

Wanted to join an internation-al community without having to travel?

Wanted to learn new knowledge and skills to boost your career?

Wanted to learn about emerging technologies to help you to better interact with ‘digital natives’?

MOOC Enthusiast

Why take MOOCs?CuriosityJob AdvancementAcademic Benefits

Photo credit: edX. (2015). Courses. Retrieved from https://www.edx.org/course.

References for audio: Najafi, Rolheiser, Harrison, & Håklev (2015;) Hayes, (2015); Macleod, Haywood, & Woodgate (2015); Christensen, Steinmetz, Alcorn, Bennett, Woods, & Emanuel (2013)

MOOCs

Learners

Benefits &Challenges

MOOC - Definition “A course of study made available over the Internet without charge to a very large number of people”

Source: Oxford English Dictionary

Typical MOOC video lectures quizzes assignments reference materials discussion forums

Photo Credit: Guo, Kim, & Rubin, 2014

Coursera edX

Udacity FutureLearn

MOOCPlatforms

Hold first or second degrees (85%)

Employed (70%)

Developed countries (65%)

Age: 18-34 (54%)

Profile of MOOC

Learners

References: Liyanagunawardena (2015; Koller & Ng, 2013 cited in Jordan (2014); Macleod et al. (2015); Christensen et al. (2013); University of Edinburgh (2013)

Results of Coursera Research on Learners

52% 28%

Source: Zhenghao, Alcorn, Christensen, Eriksson, Koller & Emanuel (2015)

MOOC Certificates

Challenges and Opportunities

Expanding access to educationally disadvantaged populations

Source: Zhenghao et al. (2015)

Leisure Lifetime LearningPhoto Credit: Strycula, A. (2010). Senior Citizen taking photographs. Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/8rPefa

Where to start?

Reference URL

http://www.palgrave.com/resources/Product-Page-Downloads/M/Morris-Studying-a-MOOC/Studying-a-MOOC-Neil-Morris-James-Lambe.pdf

References (1)Christensen, G., Steinmetz, A., Alcorn, B., Bennett, A., Woods, D., & Emanuel, E. J. (2013). The MOOC Phenomenon : Who Takes Massive Open Online Courses and Why ? University of Pennsylvania, Nd Web, 6, 1–14. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2350964

Hayes, S. (2015). MOOCs and Quality : A Review of the Recent Literature. Retrieved from http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/MOOCs-and-Quality-Literature-Review-15.pdf

Jordan, K. (2014). Initial trends in enrolment and completion of Massive Open Online Courses. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 15(1), 133–160. Retrieved from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/1651/2813

Kizilcec, R. F., Piech, C. and Schneider, E. (2013). Deconstructing disengagement: analyzing learner subpopulations in massive open online courses. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (pp. 170–179). New York, NY, USA: ACM. doi:10.1145/2460296.2460330

References (2) Liyanagunawardena, T. R., Adams, A. A., & Williams, S. A. (2012). MOOCs: A Systematic Study of the Published Literature 2008-2012. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 14(3), 202–227. Retrieved from http://apps.webofknowledge.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=1&SID=4EqKAbfcev4mBpQSNfC&page=1&doc=1

Macleod, B. H., Haywood, J., & Woodgate, A. (2015). Emerging patterns in MOOCs: Learners, course designs and directions. TechTrends, 59(1), 56–63. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.library.esc.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=2&sid=452639d7-274a-43d4-9d76-6f20356bc6e1%40sessionmgr115&hid=111

Morris, N., & Lambe, J. (2014). Studying a Mooc : a Guide. Retrieved from http://www.palgrave.com/resources/Product-Page-Downloads/M/Morris-Studying-a-MOOC/Studying-a-MOOC-Neil-Morris-James-Lambe.pdf

References (3) Najafi, H., Rolheiser, C., Harrison, L., & Håklev, S. (2015). University of Toronto Instructors’ Experiences with Developing MOOCs. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 16(3), 233–255.

University of Edinburgh. (2013). MOOCs @ Edinburgh 2013 – Report # 1. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1202451

Zhenghao, C., Alcorn, B., Christensen, G., Eriksson, N., Koller, D., & Emanuel, E. J. (2015). Impact Revealed: Learner Outcomes in Open Online Courses, (September), 1–26. Retrieved from https://d396qusza40orc.cloudfront.net/learninghubs/LOS_final 9-21.pdf

Photo credits Alzughaibi, S. (2010). Study Hard. Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/8XPD3F

edX. (2015). Courses. Retrieved from https://www.edx.org/course.

Guo, P., Kim, J., & Rubin, R. (2014). How video production affects student engagement: An empirical study of mooc videos. Proceedings of the First ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale Conference. Retrieved from http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2566239

Strycula, A. (2010). Senior Citizen taking photographs. Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/8rPefa