University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Awareness and usage of MOOCs: The underrepresented experience

Houston, Tyreek

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Contribution_115_final.pdf

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Title
Awareness and usage of MOOCs: The underrepresented experience
Author(s)
Houston, Tyreek
Issue Date
2020-03-23
Keyword(s)
  • Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
  • Educational advancement
  • Educational disparities
Date of Ingest
2020-03-17T23:28:40Z
Abstract
MOOC's (Massive Open Online Courses) allow individuals to expand boundaries, enrolling massive numbers of students with potential quality learning materials and resources that may not otherwise exist in underserved communities. The proliferation of MOOCs holds the potential to enhance access to quality learning materials for those who lack these resources, such as young adults in low-income communities; African Americans are overrepresented in these communities. There has been little attention to investigating how African Americans in higher education currently use MOOCs for personal and career development, and even less attention to how these young adults become aware of MOOCs. This empirical study identifies how African Americans from underserved communities in New Jersey became aware of MOOCs and their uses of it. Findings in this research are essential for education providers, economists, educational technology developers, even politicians, for developing strategies to raise awareness of MOOCs in underserved communities. Such strategies could enhance access to potential quality educational resources, which could ultimately decrease education disparities.
Publisher
iSchools
Series/Report Name or Number
iConference 2020 Proceedings
Type of Resource
  • text
  • image
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper / Presentation
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/106526
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Copyright 2020 Tyreek Houston

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