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Students Profiles and their Behavior in MOOC Platforms, MIRIADAX Platform
Publicated to:8th Iberian Conference On Information Systems And Technologies, Cisti 2013. 1-6 - 2019-06-01 (), DOI: 10.23919/CISTI.2019.8760696
Authors: Mareca, Pilar; Bordel, Borja
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Abstract
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC) have revolutionized the relation between higher education institutions and society. Through web platforms, universities and other institutions offer content and courses where any student can enroll. With this new approach, much knowledge that previously was only accessible to official students paying, in general, expensive fees, is now accessible to any citizen for free. In addition, institutions of higher education usually grant a certificate to students who passed the course. However, this divulgative and massive open approach also creates some distortions. In particular, the management of MOOC courses is a task of extreme complexity, due to the mixture of a large number of very different student profiles, and the combination of nonaligned interests. As a consequence, the dropout rate in these courses is higher than 70% in most courses. In any case, before proposing any solution, it is necessary to analyze and study the current situation in a systematic and scientific way. Therefore, this article describes an experience carried out jointly by professors from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM, Spain) and the University of Tras os Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal), based on the creation and teaching of a MOOC course focused on domotics and Arduino technologies, accessible on the MiriadaX platform. This study focuses on the academic results obtained, and the different profiles of students that have been identified in the 2018 academic year.
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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel
The work has been published in the journal 8th Iberian Conference On Information Systems And Technologies, Cisti 2013, Q3 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Computer Networks and Communications, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors
There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (MARECA LOPEZ, MARIA PILAR) and Last Author (BORDEL SANCHEZ, BORJA).
the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been MARECA LOPEZ, MARIA PILAR.