Who are Interested in Open Education? An Analysis of the Participants in the First MOOC of the IEEE Education Society

Rosa Cabedo; Edmundo Tovar; Sergio Martin; Martin Llamas; Manuel Caeiro; Oscar Martinez; Rebecca Strachan; Manuel Castro; Sorel Reisman

doi:10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.10248

Who are Interested in Open Education? An Analysis of the Participants in the First MOOC of the IEEE Education Society

Rosa Cabedo, Edmundo Tovar, Sergio Martin, Martin Llamas, Manuel Caeiro, Oscar Martinez, Rebecca Strachan, Manuel Castro, Sorel Reisman

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Abstract

This paper performs a preliminary analysis of the first MOOC of the IEEE Education Society, an IEEE Free Online Course on Open Education and Open Educational Resources (OER) Repositories. The MOOC 'Foundations to Open Education and OERs repositories' is based on providing a comprehensive understanding both of Open Education and OERs, as well as the way they are changing the educational environment. The selection of participants' features from the MOOCKnowledge data collection mainly focuses on socio-demographic issues, previous experiences with MOOCs, usefulness of the MOOC to the participants' professional, personal and academic spheres, and types of student interaction. The preliminary results show that additional efforts are needed in order to boost the enrolment of both females and people with low level of completed studies, as well as increasing the level of awareness regarding certification. The results also reveal a positive impact of the course on the participants' professional and personal spheres. Finally, the most relevant interaction for them is the learner-content interaction. On the basis of these results it can be concluded that this MOOC offers an opportunity for practitioners to take advantage of the Open Education philosophy and its subsequent application to their everyday educational environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	310-314
Number of pages	5
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538626665
ISBN (Print)	9781538626672
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.10248
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2018
Event	42nd IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: 23 Jul 2018 → 27 Jul 2018

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Conference	42nd IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	23/07/18 → 27/07/18

Keywords

MOOC
OER
OER repositories
Open education
Open educational resources

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Cabedo, R., Tovar, E., Martin, S., Llamas, M., Caeiro, M., Martinez, O., Strachan, R., Castro, M., & Reisman, S. (2018). Who are Interested in Open Education? An Analysis of the Participants in the First MOOC of the IEEE Education Society. In Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018 (Vol. 2, pp. 310-314). Article 8377876 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.10248

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Cabedo, R, Tovar, E, Martin, S, Llamas, M, Caeiro, M, Martinez, O, Strachan, R, Castro, M & Reisman, S 2018, Who are Interested in Open Education? An Analysis of the Participants in the First MOOC of the IEEE Education Society. in Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018. vol. 2, 8377876, IEEE, pp. 310-314, 42nd IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018, Tokyo, Japan, 23/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.10248

Who are Interested in Open Education? An Analysis of the Participants in the First MOOC of the IEEE Education Society. / Cabedo, Rosa; Tovar, Edmundo; Martin, Sergio et al.
Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018. Vol. 2 IEEE, 2018. p. 310-314 8377876.

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