Exploration on Educational Use of Open Course Ware: Focusing on KOCW and K-MOOC

Perspective Chapter: Current practice of Massive Open Online Courses in South Korea

“…Analyzing the best use cases of KOCW, high school students took in-depth learning while listening to KOCW lectures in a small group study, college students studied formal wear for their major study, prepared for certification, and office workers acquired the latest knowledge in related fields and linked it with work. A case in which performance was achieved by doing so is reported [17].…”

“…It has the advantage of being a reflective tool for planning and improvement. In addition, at the university level, the competitiveness of universities can be strengthened by sharing and disseminating excellent lectures, and socially, it can be seen that students' right to learn and opportunities for lifelong learning are expanded [17].…”

“…Among the dissertations written between 2001 and 2019, 9 papers related to OCW and 48 papers related to MOOC were analyzed. OCW was searched in RISS of the Korea Research Institute of Science and Technology with the keywords KOCW and Open courseware, and there were a total of four master's theses and one doctoral thesis [17]. On the other hand, it can be seen that a lot of recent research on MOOCs has been conducted not only in Korea but also in overseas MOOCs.…”