A CiteSpace Analysis of Research on MOOCs

DOI

10.2991/hsmet-19.2019.73How to use a DOI?

Keywords

MOOCs; Visualization; CiteSpace; Web of Science.

Abstract

Under the background of online education, MOOCs have welcomed the widespread attention all over the world. The present study analyzes the literacy and keywords of the published articles during the 10-year period (2009-2018) from the database of Web of Science by employing the visualization software of CiteSpace V to explore the development and research hot issues of MOOCs. The increasing annual publications of MOOCs during this period show researchers’ growing interest and the important role MOOCs have been playing in various fields. The co-citation network of the literature on MOOCs suggest the most frequently cited references which are fundamental in the rise and development of MOOCs. The network of co-occurring keywords facilitates the interpretation of the topics and the research hotspots are presented as follows: the influence of MOOCs on higher education, the introduction and review on MOOCs, the supporting technologies of MOOCs, learning activities and learners’ features, the study on blended learning based on MOOCs and the background knowledge about the birth of MOOCs. The present analysis is expected to provide some clues for the future development of MOOCs.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yu Li
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TI  - A CiteSpace Analysis of Research on MOOCs
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Science, Management and Education Technology (HSMET 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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