Emerging Trends, Techniques, and Tools for Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Management. Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design (AETID) Book Series

In the digital age, online courses have progressed as popular modes of learning that provide interactive and collaborative learning in educational settings. The open education movement is enabled by the internet and combines the sharing of ideas, resources, and practices among all people in order to advance ideas and knowledge to a new generation of students. Massive open online courses (MOOC) provide a new way of learning for all levels of education. "Emerging Trends, Techniques, and Tools for Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Management" is a critical scholarly resource that addresses the difficulties and challenges in MOOC design, implementation, management, and deployment. This comprehensive and timely publication aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of e-learning and online course management while providing for further research opportunities in this dynamic field. Featuring coverage on a wide variety of topics such as gamification in e-learning, plagiarism detection programs, and language online courses, this book is a valuable resource for instructional designers, IT professionals, software developers, academicians, and education professionals seeking current research on the impact of new methodologies and frameworks used in the lifecycle of open online courses. This book contains the following chapters: (1) MOOC and OER: Identity Management (Ana Nobre, Elena Maria Mallmann, Vasco Nobre, and Mara Denize Mazzardo); (2) Lifecycle for MOOC Development and Management (Sandra Sanchez-Gordon and Sergio Luján-Mora); (3) HCI4D Guidelines for Interactive Content (Bruno Giesteira and Eduardo Pereira); (4) Gamification in E-Learning (Murat Topal and Ozan Karaca); (5) The Learning Style of Gamers: Exploring a Multidimensional Profile Aimed at Gamifying MOOCs (Francisco Jurado and Pilar Rodriguez); (6) Differentiated Instruction Supporting MOOC: A Pedagogical Framework to Improve the Dropout Rate (Jihane Sophia Tahiri, Samir Bennani, and Mohammed Khalidi Idrissi); (7) Investigating MOOC Arabic Learners' Motivation in Language Online Courses (MOOCs) (Amel Frag Lusta); (8) An Analysis of the Possibilities of the Use of Technology for the Learning of Languages: From CSCL to Cloud Computing and MOOCs (María A. Pérez-Juárez, Míriam Antón-Rodríguez, Francisco J. Díaz-Pernas, Mario Martínez-Zarzuela, and David González-Ortega); (9) M100S Project: Math MOOCs From Polytechnic of Porto -- Development, Continuance, and Use (Filomena Soares and Ana Paula Lopes); and (10) Selection of Plagiarism Detection Software and Its Integration Into Moodle for Universities: An Example of Open Source Software Use in Developing Countries (Mehmet Bilge Kagan Önaçan, Mesut Uluag, Tolga Önel, and Tunç Durmus Medeni). (Individual chapters contain references.)