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Gamification in MOOC Context. Documentary Analysis

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Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC) have been set up as an alternative for teaching during the pandemic. Therefore, the current situation of this emerging technique is analyzed through documentary analysis, deepening in the general gamification characteristics of the courses offered in 10 MOOC platforms. The findings obtained have allowed to organize them into 4 groups of courses on gamification, showing that although conceptually it is centered in the definition of Deterding et al. (2011), there is still some confusion with respect to other definitions such as serious games and videogames; Besides, it is also prescribed that beyond courses entirely directed towards gamification, several disciplines, among them, computer science, education and business administration have used in their content the realization of particular units towards gamification. In conclusion, MOOCs have clearly served to increase the visibility, presence, and teaching of emerging techniques, promoting interest and understanding of the subject by users immersed in the digital ecosystem.

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  1. Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Cuenca Azuay, 010105, Ecuador

    Angel Torres-Toukoumidis

  2. Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, 31300, Chihuahua, Mexico

    Sonia Esther González-Moreno & Jesús Manuel Palma-Ruiz

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  1. ISEG, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Gintautas Dzemyda

  4. DCT, Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal

    Fernando Moreira

  5. Department of Information Sciences, University of Sheffield, Lisbon, Portugal

    Ana Maria Ramalho Correia

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Torres-Toukoumidis, A., González-Moreno, S.E., Palma-Ruiz, J.M. (2021). Gamification in MOOC Context. Documentary Analysis. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Dzemyda, G., Moreira, F., Ramalho Correia, A.M. (eds) Trends and Applications in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1368. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72654-6_26

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