Instructors’ Motivation, Instructional Quality and Perceived Challenges in Development of MOOCs
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2021-03
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Department of Extension Education, BAU, Sabour
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A Massive Open Online course (MOOCs) is a free web based programme of learning that has unlimited participants. It has been designed for geographically dispersed students. It is a new concept started in 2008 which is now experiencing a wider acceptance. To find the purpose behind offering MOOCs by instructors can be a very new topic under which research can be carried out. The instructional quality and perceived challenges while designing and development of MOOCs can be very interesting topic. This study was conducted on topic “Instructors’ Motivation, Instructional Quality and Perceived Challenges in Development of MOOCs” with the specific objectives 1) To identify instructors’ motivation in development of MOOCs 2) To measure perceived instructional quality of MOOCs for effective teaching 3) To document perceived challenges in development of MOOCs. This study was conducted online through Google form. In India, there are mainly two platforms involved in conducting MOOCs programme namely SWAYAM and agMOOCs portal. The respondents were mainly selected from these two platforms for the study. The result showed that instructors were offering MOOCs because they find it enjoyable and interesting to do so. They were intrinsically motivated and were confident enough to perform this task in a more competent way. They believe in one’s ability to complete their task in a more successful way. The instructional quality is one of the most important function or components in MOOCs. The result of this study revealed that skill development, collective knowledge among the learners and the MOOCs associated with real world problem were most important instructional qualities to be focused on. Coming towards the result of our objective three, the main problem associated with MOOCs designing is content development which can fulfill the demand of learners, engaging learners to stay connected till the end. Other hurdles can be summarized as time limitation of developing MOOCs, technical issues, managing MOOCs platform, getting learner feedback and internet speed.
In conclusion, this study recommended that instructors with high self- efficacy are involved in the MOOCs development as it requires a high commitment to tackle all the barriers involved in designing and development of MOOCs.