Investigating MOOCs through blog mining
| Published | April 2014 |
| Journal | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 85-106 |
| Original Publication | The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning |
| Editors | McGreal, Rory and Conrad, Dianne |
ABSTRACT
MOOCs (massive open online course) is a disruptive innovation and a current buzzword in higher education. However, the discussion of MOOCs is disparate, fragmented, and distributed among different outlets. Systematic, extensively published research on MOOCs is unavailable. This paper adopts a novel method called blog mining to analyze MOOCs. The findings indicate, while MOOCs have benefitted learners, providers, and faculty who develop and teach MOOCs, challenges still exist, such as questionable course quality, high dropout rate, unavailable course credits, ineffective assessments, complex copyright, and limited hardware. Future research should explore the position of MOOCs and how it can be sustained.| Keywords | blog mining · MOOC · · online learning |
| ISSN | 1492-3831 |
| Other number | 2 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | by/4.0 |
| URL | http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1695 |
| Other information | IRRODL |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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