Motivations and challenges in MOOCs with eastern insights
Zhong, Sheng-Hua · Zhang, Qun-Bo · Li, Zheng-Ping · Liu, Yan · the Shen Zhen University, 518000, Shen Zhen, Guang Dong, China · the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
| Published | December 2016 |
| Journal | International Journal of Information and Education Technology Volume 6, Issue 12, Pages 954 - 960 |
ABSTRACT
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are the latest e-learning initiative to attain widespread popularity in the world. Unfortunately, nearly all of these studies are built from western insights. Thus, there is a need for a thematic and practical analysis of related studies to bring a better understanding of MOOCs with eastern insights. In this paper, a study is conducted focusing on the use of MOOCs from the eastern perspective. Our primary goal is to summarize the motivations and challenges of using MOOCs, as well as to identify issues that haven’t yet to be fully addressed or resolved. In this paper, we employed different methodologies that included the use of a questionnaire survey and activity data analysis. The results of this study may enhance our understanding of challenges of teaching and learning in MOOCs and help educators develop MOOCs with eastern insights.| Keywords | eastern insights · human engagement · massive open online courses · MOOC · motivations and challenges of MOOCs |
| ISSN | 20103689 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | Copyright © 2008-2016. International Journal of Information and Education Technology. All rights reserved. |
| DOI | 10.7763/IJIET.2016.V6.824 |
| URL | http://www.ijiet.org/show-80-933-1.html |
| Other information | IJIET |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
Viewed by 329 distinct readers
CLOUD COMMUNITY REVIEWS
The evaluations below represent the judgements of our readers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cloud editors.
Click a star to be the first to rate this document
▶ POST A COMMENT
SIMILAR RECORDS
Open educational resources: The challenges of ‘usability’ and copyright clearance
Whitfield, Stephen; Robinson, Zoe
AbstractThis article reflects on the experiences of Keele University's participation in repurposing teaching materials for open access as part of the GEES consortium within the Higher Education Academy/ JISC Open ...
Match: challenges
Massive Open Online Course instructor motivations, innovations, and designs: Surveys, interviews, and course reviews
Zhu, Meina; Bonk, Curtis; Sari, Annisa
This mixed methods study explores instructor motivations for offering massive open online courses (MOOCs) as well as the instructional innovations used to enhance the MOOC design. The researchers surveyed 143 MOOC ...
Match: motivations; mooc
Enhance teaching and learning of less used languages through OER/OEP: Working Policy Paper: OER-Challenges and opportunities for less used languages. A global and European perspective
Udnaes, Monique; International Council for Open and Distance Education
In order to formulate policy recommendations for the uptake of Open Educational Resources (OER) in less used languages (LUL) targeting governments and senior policy makers in the educational sector, ICDE first ...
Match: challenges
Open educational resources (OER): Opportunities and challenges for Indian higher education
Dutta, Indrajeet
Creation of knowledge workers holds key for success of a country. Unfortunately, many of the countries though having chain of human resources yet are unable to transform human resources to their advantage as they face ...
Match: challenges
MOOC instructor designs and challenges: what can be learned from existing MOOCs in Indonesia and Malaysia?
Sari, Annisa R.; Bonk, Curtis J.; Zhu, Meina
The purpose of this study was to explore Indonesian and Malaysian instructors’ perceptions of massive open online course (MOOC) design and how they deal with the design challenges. Surveys, email interviews, and ...
Match: challenges; mooc
Open Educational Resources: Opportunities and Challenges
Hylén, Jan
A discussion of a proposed OECD/CERI study to address four main concerns:
1. How to develop sustainable costs/benefits models for OER initiatives.
2. What are the intellectual property right issues linked to OER ...
Match: challenges
Integrating MOOCs in regular higher education: Challenges and opportunities from a Scandinavian perspective
Dalipi, Fisnik; Ferati, Mexhid; Kurti, Arianit; Zaphiris, Panayiotis; Ioannou, Andri
MOOCs are increasingly being considered by universities as an integral part of their curriculum. Nevertheless, there are several challenges that to some extent slow this process, where the most important one is the ...
Match: challenges
The challenges of OER to academic practice
Browne, Tom; Holding, Richard; Howell, Anna; Rodway-Dyer, Sue
The degree to which Open Educational Resources (OER) reflect the values of its institutional provider depends on questions of economics and the level of support amongst its academics. For project managers establishing ...
Match: challenges
Open archives and institutional repositories for Open Educational Resources: Challenges ahead for Turkish universities
Tonta, Yasar
The “Open” movement is radically changing the the ways by which universities do science, educate students, serve the public and conduct business within the last decade. It started with the use of open source ...
Match: challenges
Students’ and instructors’ use of massive open online courses (MOOCs): Motivations and challenges
Hew, Khe Foon; Cheung, Wing Sum
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are among the latest e-learning initiative to attain widespread popularity among many universities. In this paper, a review of the current published literature focusing on the use of ...
Match: ; motivations; challenges; mooc
