Digital Entrepreneurship Education - The Role of MOOCs

Authors

  • Stefan Vorbach Institute of General Management and Organisation, Graz University of Technology
  • Elisabeth Poandl Institute of General Management and Organisation, Graz University of Technology
  • Ines Korajman Institute of General Management and Organisation, Graz University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v9i3.10149

Keywords:

digital entrepreneurship, digital entrepreneurship education, massive open online course, mooc

Abstract


Digital entrepreneurship has gained more attention in theory and practice in recent years. Among other forms of digital entrepreneurship education, MOOCs (mas-sive open online courses) are one of the strongest trends and influence the content and flow of teaching and learning. The paper contributes to a better understanding of the necessary skills, opportunities and risks arising from the use of MOOCs as a new way of teaching entrepreneurship. It empirically examines challenges and drivers for the use of MOOCs as a novel pedagogical concept. The results show that a lack of self-discipline to complete a MOOC and a lack of interaction with others are the main obstacles compared to lectures with compulsory univer-sity attendance. However, the results also show that MOOCs are flexible in time and space and can thus facilitate the accessibility of education, especially entre-preneurial education.

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Published

2019-06-11

How to Cite

Vorbach, S., Poandl, E., & Korajman, I. (2019). Digital Entrepreneurship Education - The Role of MOOCs. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 9(3), pp. 99–111. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v9i3.10149

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2019)

Section

Papers

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