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Setting-up a European Cross-Provider Data Collection on Open Online Courses
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Marco Kalz, Karel Kreijns, Open University of the Netherlands ; Jaap Walhout ; Jonatan Castao-Munoz, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) ; Anna Espasa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya ; Edmundo Tovar, Technical University Madrid
IRRODL Volume 16, Number 6, ISSN 1492-3831 Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Abstract
While MOOCS have emerged as a new form of open online education around the world, research is stilling lagging behind to come up with a sound theoretical basis that can cover the impact of socio-economic background variables, ICT competences, prior experiences and lifelong learning profile, variance in intentions, environmental influences, outcome expectations, learning experience and economic return on taking and completing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The potential diversity of participants of MOOCs has been taken as a starting point to develop a theoretical model and survey instrument with the goal to establish a large-scale, cross-provider data collection of participants of (European) MOOCs. This article provides and overview of the theoretical model begin the project and reflects about first experiences with the cross-provider data collection.
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Kalz, M., Kreijns, K., Walhout, J., Castao-Munoz, J., Espasa, A. & Tovar, E. (2015). Setting-up a European Cross-Provider Data Collection on Open Online Courses. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 16(6),. Athabasca University Press. Retrieved August 9, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/173619/.
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Setting-up a European Cross-Provider Data Collection on Open Online Courses
Marco Kalz & Karel Kreijns, Open University of the Netherlands; Jaap Walhout; Jonatan Castao-Munoz, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS); Anna Espasa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya; Edmundo Tovar, Technical University Madrid
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 16, No. 6 (Dec 03, 2015)
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