MOOC and university: bibliometric analysis on scientific production in Spanish institutions
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Abstract
Hybrid models and online education are becoming more prevalent in the university context, with MOOCs being a resource with potential for the development of training processes and for working on academic content. Focusing on the publications on MOOCs in higher education by researchers affiliated with Spanish institutions, this study aims to analyse, through a bibliometric approach, the scientific production on MOOCs and universities in Scopus. The final sample is composed by 120 articles published between 2014 and 2020, to which different bibliometric techniques (bibliographic coupling, co-authorship, co-citation, co-occurrence) are applied. The results show that the scientific production is in continuous development, with higher indexation in the areas of social sciences and computer science. The UNED and the Pablo de Olavide University stand out in terms of number of articles, although the most prolific collaborative network is generated around researchers from the Carlos III University in Madrid. The most influential publications focus on the possibilities of MOOCs for the development of hybrid educational models, and on how this resource affects performance and motivation. Among the future lines of development, the incorporation of methodologies such as gamification or flipped classroom to the development of MOOCs stands out, also with the role that this resource can play in an increasingly common e-Learning training. It concludes the relevance of the study of scientific production to establish collaborations between researchers and develop new lines of research on MOOCs.