Ask The Instructors: Motivations And Challenges Of Teaching Massive Open Online Courses

Keywords

Challenges; Collaboration; Massive open online courses; MOOC instructors; MOOCs; Motivation; Online learning

Abstract

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have experienced rapid growth and attracted significant attention within academia. However, despite widespread acceptance of MOOCs as a unique opportunity to transform educational practices, many questions remain regarding their sustainability, given the high dropout rates and challenges related to collaborative learning support [12]. Recent research has attempted to address these concerns by analyzing students' MOOC experiences and how MOOCs may fall short in meeting students' learning needs [41]. However, very little research has approached the problem from an instructor perspective. We report an interview study of 14 MOOC instructors in which we used grounded theory to uncover the complex processes, motivations, and challenges associated with teaching a MOOC. A key finding is that we should provide support through the whole instruction process. By enhancing support for instructors and their MOOC collaborators, we may improve outcomes for all MOOC stakeholders, including students.

Publication Date

2-27-2016

Publication Title

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volume

27

Number of Pages

206-221

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1145/2818048.2820082

Socpus ID

84963621616 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84963621616

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