Incidence of instructional design and alternative elements in the engagement of participants in MOOC

Abstract

The MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) have meant an opportunity for training and entrepreneur-ship in the educational arena. The present research addresses a case study, which aims to know and iden-tify the characteristics that affect the motivation of the participants of the video-lessons that make up three courses offered on the platforms MyriadX, Edx, and ECO: E-learning, Communication and Open-Data. The selection criteria of these platforms were based on their popularity, relevance in the current context, and focused on the strategy of promoting content in the digital environment. It is concluded that the design and characteristics analyzed of the MOOC affect the level of engagement of the partici-pants. Furthermore, in the cases presented the tradi-tional educational map of virtual classrooms shows a lack of alternative elements of gamification, network-ing, which could generate a low level of interest and commitment by the participants.