A new model for offering construction education on MOOC platforms

Abstract

A new instructional medium called a massive online open course (MOOC) recently has become prevalent. Millions of learners from all over the world enroll in these available and affordable courses. Thousands of courses have been offered by distinguished institutes and instructors on a variety of evolving MOOC platforms. However, construction education has yet to take advantage of this popular medium. This paper offers a guideline for construction education to provide successful MOOC courses. Construction educators already are familiar with new educational technologies and active learning pedagogies. Combining these two familiar approaches can be a starting point for offering successful courses in MOOC. This paper suggests using team-based and problem-based learning approaches along with the MOOC delivery to increase the success and completion rate, which has been problematic in MOOC courses. © 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.