Planning to Design MOOC- Think First!.pdf (784.96 kB)
Planning to Design MOOC? Think First!
journal contribution
posted on 2017-12-15, 22:18 authored by Alaa AlDahdouhAlaa AlDahdouh, Antonio OsorioOver the last years, educators have been forced to rethink about the
whole education system. In 2005, Connectivism, a new learning theory,
was emerged. Consequently, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been
presented as an alternative powerful educational system. Money was
invested and tens of for-profit and non-profit companies involved in
producing MOOC. However, integrating and adopting MOOC in educational
institutions worldwide is still questionable. This literature review
paper addressed and discussed the issues that higher education
institutions should consider before adopting MOOC. The findings showed
eight considerable, interrelated and controllable MOOC issues: high
dropout rate, accreditation, business model, reputation, pedagogy,
research ethics, student assessment and language barrier. Policy makers
in higher education institutions should be aware of these issues before
including MOOC in their development plans. In addition, the paper
presented a number of possible future studies.