Elucidating the need to study instructional designs and pedagogic modalities of massive open online courses (moocs)

Author: 
Hari Kishor Prasad and Dr. Sameer Babu, M.

This paper signifies the need of having more research on engaging parts of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). It summarizes a significant number of recent reviews on the design, engagements, and assessment strategies of select MOOCs. The study mainly focused select studies on Future Learn as it has more impact on students of higher education. The paper gives an overall idea of MOOCs, engagements in MOOCs in general, and a summary of various reviews on engagements, assessment, and instructional designs of MOOCs. The paper also highlights the need for carrying out further studies on MOOCs.

Paper No: 
5301