Motivation in massive education online Development and testing of a system of accreditation badges for MOOC

Authors

  • Enrique Sánchez Acosta Universidad Europea
  • Juan José Escribano Otero Universidad Europea
  • Fernando Valderrama Universidad Europea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/der.2014.25.18-35

Keywords:

MOOC, Motivation, Badges, Accreditations, Learning.

Abstract

The term with that began to know the massive open online courses or MOOC is starting to disintegrate in other hybrid models such as BOOC (Big Open Online Courses), SPOC (Small Private Online Courses) or DOCC (Distributed Collaborative Online Course), due to the media attention they have received in the last two years and has driven countless articles and conferences for its definition. However, both MOOC as in any of these new hybrid models, has a series of motivational components of learning, one of them are the badges or certificates that try to justify the student motivation in learning. The key to success of a badge could be on the prestige gained within the social circle of the student, the sustainability of massive online courses could depend on it. The most prestigious certificates could cover the costs of MOOC courses, while other less prestigious badges serve as a reward to motivate the students. However, it is not clear that these rewards could motivate to the students, this paper try to clarify this approach in the context of the massive online courses.

 

Author Biographies

Enrique Sánchez Acosta, Universidad Europea

Ingeniero de Software en Soft S.A Doctorando en Tecnologías de Información Aplicadas

Juan José Escribano Otero, Universidad Europea

Director del departamento de informática, automática y comunicaciones de la Universidad Europea

Fernando Valderrama, Universidad Europea

Director general de Soft S.A y profesor de informática gráfica, gestión y economía de la construcción en la Universidad Europea

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Published

2014-06-25

Issue

Number 25 June 2014 - Monographic: Assessment and Accreditation in MOOCs

Section

Monographic Articles

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