Understanding the Value of MOOCs from the Perspectives of Students: A Value-Focused Thinking Approach
2018 (English)In: Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Era / [ed] Al-Sharhan, Salah A.; Simintiras, Antonis C.; Dwivedi, Yogesh K.; Janssen, Marijn; Mäntymäki, Matti; Tahat, Luay; Moughrabi, Issam; Ali, Taher M.; Rana, Nripendra P., Cham: Springer, 2018, Vol. 11195, p. 129-140Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
This study aims to identify the values of MOOCs in education from students’ perspective in China. The value of Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs) can be seen as the benefits associated with the use of MOOCs in education. To address this, we employed the Value-Focused Thinking (VFT) approach to identify the values of MOOCs with university students in China. Twenty active students of MOOCs were interviewed in China. Based on the data collected from the interviews, we developed a means-ends objective network describing the value of MOOCs in education. According to the results, efficiency in learning, effectiveness in learning, convenience of learning, learning experience of MOOCs, and usability of MOOCs were identified as the fundamental objectives to maximize values of MOOCs in education.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Springer, 2018. Vol. 11195, p. 129-140
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, ISSN 0302-9743, E-ISSN 1611-3349 ; 11195
Keywords [en]
Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs), The value-focused, Thinking (VFT) approach, Means-ends objective network, Value
National Category
Information Systems Computer and Information Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-70398DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02131-3_13Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85055832093ISBN: 978-3-030-02130-6 (print)ISBN: 978-3-030-02131-3 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-70398DiVA, id: diva2:1267127
Conference
17th IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society, I3E 2018, Kuwait City, Kuwait, October 30 – November 1, 2018
2018-11-302018-11-302018-12-03Bibliographically approved