MOOC's barriers and enables

Abstract

MOOCs (massive open online course) become a very popular way of learning these days. People could access MOOCs from anywhere at any time with a fraction of the cost. In this study, we have examined both barriers and enables of MOOCs, our finding shows that despite the huge benefits of MOOCs, such as cost saving, access quality material from experienced instructor and flexible location and timing; it is still not a solution for all. The barriers such as information overload, lack of language support and the support from the instructor due to huge amount of participates has stopped many people join or finishes MOOCs courses.

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2016

Location of the Work

Singapore

Publisher

IACSIT

School

School of Education

RAS ID

23805

Comments

Gulatee, Y., & Nilsook, P. (2016). MOOC’s Barriers and Enables. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 6(10), 826-830. Available here.

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Link to publisher version (DOI)

10.7763/IJIET.2016.V6.800