The Structure of the MOOC Ecosystem as Revealed by Course Aggregators

Autor/in	Cisel, Matthieu
Titel	The Structure of the MOOC Ecosystem as Revealed by Course Aggregators
Quelle	In: American Journal of Distance Education, 33 (2019) 3, S.212-227 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0892-3647
DOI	10.1080/08923647.2019.1610285
Schlagwörter	Online Courses; Partnerships in Education; Foreign Countries; Distance Education; Higher Education; College Students; School Holding Power; North America; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Nordamerika; Europa
Abstract	We analyzed the structure of the MOOC ecosystem from the perspective of two aggregators, "Class Central" and "MOOC List," which gather information on thousands of courses. Their datasets, which range from 2012 to 2015, enabled us to underline the contrast between most important platforms such as Coursera or edX, and smaller scale platforms, notably their European counterparts. Both the number of courses produced by institution and the estimated workload for each course are higher in North America, suggesting that the strategies of institutions of higher education differed between both continents. Finally, we show that course duration decreased over the years, and suggest that it represented a strategy to tackle low completion rates. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01