The OER Knowledge Cloud makes use of cookies. By continuing, you consent to this use. More information.
“The fun they had” or about the quality of MOOC
Ghislandi, Patrizia

PublishedJune 2016
Type of workSpecial Issue: EMEMITALIA Conference 2016
JournalJournal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 99-114

ABSTRACT
The present paper regards a systematic review of the published literature about the quality of MOOC. It dwells upon some background questions: we have to evaluate MOOC in different ways from e-learning?; what about the difference between MOOC quality assurance and MOOC quality enhancement?; what are the parameters the universities shall use to certificate the acquired MOOC credits? The paper then analyzes the published scientific literature with the goal to answer the following question: which are the most significant studies about the quality of MOOC and particularly those dedicated to quality enhancement?
The conclusion is that the MOOC’s evaluation literature is still uncertain between the need to adopt a quality enhancement framework specifically created for MOOC (not many at the moment) or reuse the e-learning quality models available online. The impression is that we are in a transition phase and that MOOC are not yet a disruptive innovation, but the questions they rise (about pedagogy, assessment procedure, credits, technology, etc.) certainly will contribute to transform the quality of higher education for the generation to came.

Keywords higher education · MOOC quality · online courses quality · qualitative literature review

ISSN(online) 1971 - 8829, (paper) 1826 - 6223
RefereedYes
Rightsby/3.0
URLhttp://www.je-lks.org/ojs/index.php/Je-LKS_EN/article/view/1178
Export optionsBibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar



AVAILABLE FILES
1178-2641-1-PB.pdf · 419.9KB32 downloads



Viewed by 3 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

The future of MOOCs: Adaptive learning or business model?
Daniel, John; Vázquez Cano, Esteban; Gisbert, Mercè
Currently, many MOOCs are designed as a collection of videos with a forum using some traditional distance learning models, but they do not promote adaptive and personalized learning. These features, together with the ...
Match: quality; higher education

Higher education faculty attitude, motivation and perception of quality and barriers towards OER in India
Mishra, Sanjaya; Singh, Alka; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Arinto, Patricia B.
The premise of this study is that teachers’ conceptions of the quality of Open Educational Resources (OER) and their attitudes and motivations towards using OER will influence whether and how they use and/or ...
Match: quality; higher education

Output 8 SCORE2020 : MOOC Quality and it’s use by different target groups
SCORE2020
The SCORE2020 project focused on (regional) support structures in the development and delivery of Open Education and especially of MOOCs. In total, thirteen intellectual outputs are ...
Match: higher education; MOOC quality

Fostering the exploitation of open educational resources
Richter, Thomas; Veith, Patrick; Gil-Jaurena, Inés
The central concept behind Open Educational Resources (OER) is opening up the access to educational resources for stakeholders who are not the usual target user group. This concept must be perceived as innovative ...
Match: quality

Critical evaluation of quality criteria and quality instruments in OER repositories for the encouragement of effective teacher engagement
Connell, Marina; Connell, John
This paper offers a short evaluation of the variety of quality criteria used in Open Educational Resources and some of the methods and practices in use to ensure quality. The paper surveys and reviews effective ...
Match: quality

Open textbooks: Quality and relevance for postsecondary study in the Bahamas
Bethel, Edward
Open educational resources (OER), are openly licensed text, media, and other digital and analog assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and research. Recent research has shown that in courses where open textbooks ...
Match: quality

UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition Consultations
UNESCO
Following the adoption of the OER Recommendation in November 2019, UNESCO launched the OER Dynamic Coalition in March 2020. The launch meeting defined a Roadmap for the activities of the Dynamic Coalition. The Coalition ...
Match: quality

Quality indicators within the use of open educational resources in higher education
E.Ossiannilsson; Creelman, A.; Mendez-Vilas, A.
A paradigm shift is emerging in higher education especially regarding how universities should address personalized and collaborative mobile learning. Experiences from three international benchmarking-projects through ...
Match: quality

Lista de comprobación de calidad de un Recurso Educativo Abierto
Alberdi, Lola
Los docentes siempre han compartido sus recursos e ideas con los colegas de profesión, bien en forma de sencillos consejos y comentarios en la sala de profesores, compartiendo materiales educativos de referencia o ...
Match: quality

MOOC Quality: The need for new measures
Hood, Nina; Littlejohn, Allison
MOOCs are re-operationalising traditional concepts in education. While they draw on elements of existing educational and learning models, they represent a new approach to instruction and learning. The challenges MOOCs ...
Match: quality