Literatura y práctica: una revisión crítica acerca de los MOOC = Literature and Practice: A Critical Review of MOOCs

Chiappe-Laverde, Andrés, Hine, Nicolás and Martínez-Silva, José-Andrés Literatura y práctica: una revisión crítica acerca de los MOOC = Literature and Practice: A Critical Review of MOOCs. Comunicar, 2015, vol. 22, n. 44, 09-18. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

This article focuses on a review of both literature and practical experiences concerning MOOCs. The literature analyzed was published in peer-reviewed journals between 2007 and 2013. 268 items were selected for this study, of which 100 were analyzed in detail. The issues raised by this analysis were used as the criteria for the analysis of 10 current empirical MOOC experiences. The literature study highlighted the rapid growth in interest in understanding MOOCs and seeking to understand the pedagogic frameworks most relevant to their adoption and the importance of the concept of openness embodied within them. More recently a new emphasis has been emerging where institutional factors, particularly those concerned with financial viability, certification and retention have been highlighted. The analysis of current practice showed that many of the concerns in the academic literature were absent from not only the practices embodied in current MOOC-based learning experiences but seem to have been ignored in the conceptual phase of implementing a MOOC-based teaching model. In practice therefore, most of the current MOOC offer is only a pale reflection of the conceptualization that gave them rise and has been shown to be significant in the literature. In particular the true essence encapsulated in the concept described as Openness has been largely lost in practice.

Spanish abstract

Este artículo se enfoca en una revisión tanto de literatura como de experiencias prácticas acerca de los MOOC. Los textos analizados fueron publicados en revistas entre los años 2007 y 2013. Se seleccionaron 268 artículos para este estudio, de los cuales 100 se analizaron en detalle. Los asuntos encontrados en la revisión se utilizaron posteriormente como criterios de análisis de 10 experiencias empíricas sobre MOOC. La literatura estudiada resalta el rápido crecimiento en el interés por comprender los MOOC, sus fundamentos pedagógicos así como la importancia del concepto de lo abierto que se encuentra en ellos. Un nuevo énfasis ha surgido recientemente en la literatura donde los factores institucionales, particularmente aquellos concernientes con la viabilidad financiera, la certificación y la deserción se encuentran resaltados. El análisis de la prácticas actuales muestra que muchos de los temas relevantes expresados en la literatura académica están ausentes no solo de las prácticas relacionadas con las experiencias de aprendizaje basadas en los MOOC sino que se han ignorado como sustento de la implementación de un modelo de enseñanza basada en ellos. Del análisis realizado se concluye que buena parte de la actual oferta de MOOC es tan solo un pálido reflejo de la conceptualización que les dio origen y que se muestra significativa en la literatura. En síntesis, la verdadera esencia del concepto de lo abierto se ha perdido en la práctica.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Virtual learning, courses, online education, learning environments, educational technology, didactical innovation, teaching practice, MOOCs. Aprendizaje virtual, cursos, educación en línea, entornos de aprendizaje, informática educativa, innovación didáctica, práctica docente, MOOC
Subjects: C. Users, literacy and reading.
Depositing user: Alex Ruiz
Date deposited: 05 Jan 2015 15:54
Last modified: 05 Jan 2015 15:54
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/24346

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