Teaching Massive, Open, Online, Courses (MOOCs): Tales from the Front Line

Very little research has been conducted about what it is like to teach a MOOC. Given this, a mixed methods study, involving a survey of 186 MOOC instructors and 15 follow-up interviews, was conducted to explore the motivation, experiences, and perceptions of instructors who have taught massive open...

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Autores principales:	Patrick Lowenthal, Chareen Snelson, Ross Perkins
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2018
Materias:	massive open online courses MOOCs online teaching online learning instructional design Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:89533ecd154d4cb690c27c47bb32da9e2021-12-02T18:03:00ZTeaching Massive, Open, Online, Courses (MOOCs): Tales from the Front Line10.19173/irrodl.v19i3.35051492-3831https://doaj.org/article/89533ecd154d4cb690c27c47bb32da9e2018-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3505https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Very little research has been conducted about what it is like to teach a MOOC. Given this, a mixed methods study, involving a survey of 186 MOOC instructors and 15 follow-up interviews, was conducted to explore the motivation, experiences, and perceptions of instructors who have taught massive open online courses. Findings indicate that instructors were motivated to teach MOOCs for three main reasons: (1) interest and passion, (2) publicity and marketing, or (3) benefits and incentives. Most instructors had little online teaching experience prior to teaching their first MOOC, but were satisfied with the experience. The majority believed their own MOOC provided a high quality learning experience but thought that MOOCs overall might not be as good as face-to-face courses. Concerns were raised about the future of MOOCs for online learning. Patrick LowenthalChareen SnelsonRoss PerkinsAthabasca University Pressarticlemassive open online coursesMOOCsonline teachingonline learninginstructional designSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 19, Iss 3 (2018)
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description	Very little research has been conducted about what it is like to teach a MOOC. Given this, a mixed methods study, involving a survey of 186 MOOC instructors and 15 follow-up interviews, was conducted to explore the motivation, experiences, and perceptions of instructors who have taught massive open online courses. Findings indicate that instructors were motivated to teach MOOCs for three main reasons: (1) interest and passion, (2) publicity and marketing, or (3) benefits and incentives. Most instructors had little online teaching experience prior to teaching their first MOOC, but were satisfied with the experience. The majority believed their own MOOC provided a high quality learning experience but thought that MOOCs overall might not be as good as face-to-face courses. Concerns were raised about the future of MOOCs for online learning.
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Teaching Massive, Open, Online, Courses (MOOCs): Tales from the Front Line

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