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ERIC Number: EJ1166849
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jan
Pages: 6
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ISSN: EISSN-2254-7339
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MOOCs and Their Influence on Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives from the Insiders
León-Urrutia, Manuel; Cobos, Ruth; Dickens, Kate
Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, v7 n1 p40-45 Jan 2018
Since Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) became a global phenomenon in 2012, there has been constant evolution in the way Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) make sense of them. HEIs embracing MOOCs have dedicated a variety of human resource to this venture. Only in a minority of cases, staff have been appointed exclusively to this role. In all other cases, MOOC related tasks have been allocated to professionals who were already performing other educational tasks. This article contains a study that captures the experiences of these professionals in a Spanish university and a British university, as relates to their involvement in MOOCs. Interviews and group sessions were conducted to ascertain the influence of MOOCs in their practice, and in their opinions about the role of MOOCs in their institutions. The results seem to suggest that participants have positive attitudes towards incorporating MOOCs at the university, although they demand a serious bet for this educational approach from the strategic decision makers in the institutions.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain; United Kingdom
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