International MOOC Trends in Citizenship, Participation and Sustainability: Analysis of Technical, Didactic and Content Dimensions

Emilio José Delgado-Algarra, Isabel María Román Sánchez, Eva Ordóñez Olmedo and Antonio Alejandro Lorca-Marín
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Emilio José Delgado-Algarra: Department of Integrated Didactics, Universidad de Huelva, Avenida de la Fuerzas Armadas, S/N, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Isabel María Román Sánchez: Department of Economy and Company, Universidad de Almería, La Cañada, 04120 Almería, Spain
Eva Ordóñez Olmedo: Department of Didactics and School Organization, Universidad Católica ’Santa Teresa de Jesús’ de Ávila, Calle de los Canteros, S/N, 05005 Ávila, Spain
Antonio Alejandro Lorca-Marín: Department of Integrated Didactics, Universidad de Huelva, Avenida de la Fuerzas Armadas, S/N, 21007 Huelva, Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 20, 1-19

Abstract: Within globalization and the development of information and communication technologies (ICT), social and civic competence and sustainability take on a relevant role in the international scope. To this end, a theoretical section on citizenship models and the different fingerprints of sustainability is presented. The study is quantitative, with a sample of 161 massive open online courses (MOOCs) from three of the main platforms (Coursera, EdX and MiriadaX) with content on citizenship, citizen participation and/or sustainability. Both data collection and analysis are structured around a system of four categories: Technical dimension, didactic dimension, citizenship and sustainability. An exploratory analysis is carried out, followed by a factorial analysis focused on correlations and reduction of factors that allows us to define a main formative profile of the MOOC in relation to the reference themes. In this way, this research concludes that there is an international trend in MOOCs in citizenship and sustainability, whose predominant training proposals include contents related to the ecological citizenship model, as well as issues such as lack of resources, the need to reduce waste derived from consumption, climate change, or the impact of companies on the local economy and environment.

Keywords: citizenship model; participation model; sustainability; MOOC; technical dimension; didactic dimension; quantitative research; factor reduction; educational trends (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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