... aims to examine the design and delivery of an online asynchronous course for science teachers using the edX massively online open course (MOOC) platform. The conceptual framework considers three areas of research: high-quality PD characteristics for K12 teachers, the development of social capital...

...Kutty Kumar Purpose Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a currently trending e-learning platform that presumably attract thousands of participants because of boundless participation, are open to any person to enroll, are free to begin and are delivered completely online, thus contradicting...

...Stefan Dreisiebner Purpose This paper aims to uncover the current status of information literacy (IL) instruction through massive open online courses (MOOCs), comparing the content and instructional design of existing offers and showing avenues for future MOOCs. Design/methodology/approach...

...Alok Baikadi; Carrie Demmans Epp; Christian D. Schunn Purpose The purpose of this study was to provide a new characterization of the extent to which learners complete learning activities in massive open online courses (MOOCs), a central challenge in these contexts. Prior explorations of learner...

...-credit online learning projects into the future. Originality/value This effort was a first of its kind partnership for the University and the State of Wisconsin. MOOCs began at UW-Madison in 2013 in partnership with Coursera. Four pilot MOOCs were initially offered in 2013-14 as part...

...Shamprasad M. Pujar; Prahalad G. Tadasad Purpose Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have opened up a gateway for ongoing learning opportunities to students, faculty and researchers. MOOCs are now being offered in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS) by a number of universities...