An Analysis of the Profiles and the Opinion of Students Enrolled on xMOOCs at the University of Málaga
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Julio Ruiz-Palmero 1,*
, Daniel López-Álvarez 2, Enrique Sánchez-Rivas 1 and José Sánchez-Rodríguez 1
Julio Ruiz-Palmero 1,*, Daniel López-Álvarez 2, Enrique Sánchez-Rivas 1 and José Sánchez-Rodríguez 1
1
Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Málaga, Bulevar Louis Pasteur, 25, 29071 Málaga, Spain
2
Virtual Education and Technological Laboratories of the University of Málaga, Edificio López Peñalver, Calle Jiménez Fraud, 10, CP 29071 Málaga, Spain
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Sustainability 2019, 11(24), 6910; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11246910
Received: 30 October 2019 / Revised: 22 November 2019 / Accepted: 30 November 2019 / Published: 4 December 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Online and Ubiquitous Training, Mobile Technology in Education and Sustainability)
The study aims to learn more about the profiles of students who attended several Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) at the University of Málaga (Málaga, Spain) and their opinion about them. The results of this study are based on a survey conducted by the students who completed the courses. The number of men and women as a whole is similar, although significant differences can be observed depending on the subject matter of the courses, which is also the case with the age of the students. The data revealed that 80% have university studies and 60% were working. The students in the sample learned about MOOCs mainly from other people (friends, social media, etc.) and showed a high level of satisfaction with them. It is significant that 99.4% would take another MOOC or that 97.9% would recommend it to a friend, colleague, or family member.
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Ruiz-Palmero, J.; López-Álvarez, D.; Sánchez-Rivas, E.; Sánchez-Rodríguez, J. An Analysis of the Profiles and the Opinion of Students Enrolled on xMOOCs at the University of Málaga. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6910.
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