The MOOC Phenomenon: Who Takes Massive Open Online Courses and Why?
Abstract
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have commanded considerable public attention due to their sudden rise and disruptive potential. But there are no robust, published data that describe who is taking these courses and why they are doing so. As such, we do not yet know how transformative the MOOC phenomenon can or will be. We conducted an online survey of students enrolled in at least one of the University of Pennsylvania’s 32 MOOCs offed on the...
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The MOOC Phenomenon: Who Takes Massive Open Online Courses and Why?
Published Date
Jan 1, 2013
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