Trends and Patterns in Massive Open Online Courses: Review and Content Analysis of Research on MOOCs (2008-2015)

To fully understand the phenomenon of massive open online courses (MOOCs), it is important to identify and map trends and patterns in research on MOOCs. This study does so by reviewing 362 empirical articles published in peer-reviewed journals from 2008 to 2015. For the purpose of this study, conten...

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Autores principales: Aras Bozkurt, Ela Akgün-Özbek, Olaf Zawacki-Richter
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:03deab5b2c0f4d0ba24a12944f77c03f2021-12-02T19:20:53ZTrends and Patterns in Massive Open Online Courses: Review and Content Analysis of Research on MOOCs (2008-2015)10.19173/irrodl.v18i5.30801492-3831https://doaj.org/article/03deab5b2c0f4d0ba24a12944f77c03f2017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3080https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831To fully understand the phenomenon of massive open online courses (MOOCs), it is important to identify and map trends and patterns in research on MOOCs. This study does so by reviewing 362 empirical articles published in peer-reviewed journals from 2008 to 2015. For the purpose of this study, content analysis and discourse analysis were employed to analyze the articles. Accordingly, the trend line showing the number of articles per year indicates that the extent of research on MOOCs is likely to increase in the coming years. In terms of research areas, the findings reveal an imbalance and three research areas out of fifteen constitute more than half of all research on MOOCs. With regard to types of MOOCs, related literature is dominated by research on xMOOCs. The discourse in MOOC articles takes a mostly neutral standpoint, articles with a positive outlook outweigh those that are negative, and there is an increase in a more critical discourse. Theoretical or conceptual studies are preferred by researchers, although MOOC research generally does not benefit from being viewed through theoretical or conceptual lenses. Aras BozkurtEla Akgün-ÖzbekOlaf Zawacki-RichterAthabasca University Pressarticledistance educationopen and distance learningMassive Open Online CoursesMOOCsresearch trendsSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 18, Iss 5 (2017)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic distance education
open and distance learning
Massive Open Online Courses
MOOCs
research trends
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
spellingShingle distance education
open and distance learning
Massive Open Online Courses
MOOCs
research trends
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Aras Bozkurt
Ela Akgün-Özbek
Olaf Zawacki-Richter
Trends and Patterns in Massive Open Online Courses: Review and Content Analysis of Research on MOOCs (2008-2015)
description To fully understand the phenomenon of massive open online courses (MOOCs), it is important to identify and map trends and patterns in research on MOOCs. This study does so by reviewing 362 empirical articles published in peer-reviewed journals from 2008 to 2015. For the purpose of this study, content analysis and discourse analysis were employed to analyze the articles. Accordingly, the trend line showing the number of articles per year indicates that the extent of research on MOOCs is likely to increase in the coming years. In terms of research areas, the findings reveal an imbalance and three research areas out of fifteen constitute more than half of all research on MOOCs. With regard to types of MOOCs, related literature is dominated by research on xMOOCs. The discourse in MOOC articles takes a mostly neutral standpoint, articles with a positive outlook outweigh those that are negative, and there is an increase in a more critical discourse. Theoretical or conceptual studies are preferred by researchers, although MOOC research generally does not benefit from being viewed through theoretical or conceptual lenses.
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title Trends and Patterns in Massive Open Online Courses: Review and Content Analysis of Research on MOOCs (2008-2015)
title_short Trends and Patterns in Massive Open Online Courses: Review and Content Analysis of Research on MOOCs (2008-2015)
title_full Trends and Patterns in Massive Open Online Courses: Review and Content Analysis of Research on MOOCs (2008-2015)
title_fullStr Trends and Patterns in Massive Open Online Courses: Review and Content Analysis of Research on MOOCs (2008-2015)
title_full_unstemmed Trends and Patterns in Massive Open Online Courses: Review and Content Analysis of Research on MOOCs (2008-2015)
title_sort trends and patterns in massive open online courses: review and content analysis of research on moocs (2008-2015)
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