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AB - Since the first offering of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in 2008, the body of literature on this new phenomenon of open learning has grown tremendously. In this regard, this article intends to identify and map patterns in research on MOOCs by reviewing 362 empirical articles published in peer-reviewed journals from 2008 to 2015. For the purposes of this study, a text-mining tool was used to analyse the content of the published research journal articles and to reveal the major themes and concepts covered in the publications. The findings reveal that the MOOC literature generally focuses on four lines of research: (a) the potential and challenges of MOOCs for universities; (b) MOOC platforms; (c) learners and content in MOOCs; and (d) the quality of MOOCs and instructional design issues. Prospective researchers may use these results to gain an overview of this emerging field, as well as to explore potential research directions. Keywords: distance education, open and distance learning, massive open online courses, MOOCs, content analysis Introduction st The 21 century witnessed an educational paradigm shift, stemming from the widespread use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). With the proliferation of ICT, online, open, and flexible learning moved from 
TI - What Research Says About MOOCs – An Explorative Content Analysis
JF - The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
DO - 10.19173/irrodl.v19i1.3356
DA - 2018-02-23
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/what-research-says-about-moocs-an-explorative-content-analysis-Ano0QbWoAe
DP - DeepDyve
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