Literature Review of MOOC Related Articles

Title: MOOCs: A system review on the MOOC studies published between 2008~2012
Authors: Liyanagunawardena, Adams, and Williams (2013)

Description:

Basically, the article is more about classifying the content of published articles and less about critical review. There were eight categories used: introductory, concept, case studies, educational theory, technology, participant focused, provider focused, and other.

Others: popular authors in MOOCs in term of number of articles published; types of MOOCs (c-MOOC and AI-Stanford like MOOC (Rodriguez, 2012) vs. cMOOC and xMOOC (Daniel, 2012)).

The authors also pointed out problems in MOOC studies including lacking of ethical consideration in using publically available data; neglecting data existing in virture spaces other than LMS;

Data Collection

Duration: 2008-2012
No. of Articles: 46 including 2008 (1), 2009 (1), 2010 (7), 2011 (11), 2012 (26).
Sources: Journal (17), Conferences (13), magazines (10), report (3), workshop (2)

My comment:

Limited articles were collected. The total collection of articles were only 46. It seems difficult to believe since 2012 were called "the year of MOOC" because so many MOOCs have attracted lots discussion. One of the reasons let to the small collection could be that the authors only considered the articles with the term "MOOC" in the title or abstract.

Liyanagunawardena, T. R., Adams, A. A., & Williams, S. A. (2013). MOOCs: A systematic study of the published literature 2008-2012. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 14(3), 202–227.

Title: The Maturing of the Mooc: Literature Review of Massive Open Online Courses and Other Forms of Online Distance Learning
Authors: Liyanagunawardena, Adams, and Williams (2013)

Description:

• The review mainly examined the topic of the literature.
• “mere completion is not a relevant metric, that learners participate in many valid ways, and that those who do complete MOOCs have high levels of satisfaction.” (Haggard, 2013, P.6)
• The literature review on MOOC concluds that "after a phase of broad experimentation, a process of maturation is in place. MOOCs are heading to become a significant and possibly a standard element of credentialed University education, exploiting new pedagogical models, discovering revenue and lowering costs." (p. 5)

Data Collection

One hundred know and recent literature on MOOCs and open distance learning. Three categories of literature were collected: individual polemical articles discussing the impacts of MOOCs on educational institutions and learners, formal and comprehensive surveys, and general press writing and journalism.

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. (2013). The Maturing of the Mooc: Literature Review of Massive Open Online Courses and Other Forms of Online Distance Learning (BIS Report Papers No. 130) (p. 123). London, UK: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.