The Comparison of MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) Platforms of edX and Coursera (Study Case: Student of Programming Courses)

Abstract

The recent development of e-learning platform has provided the learning environment with exciting experiences to teach a various and massive learners population using MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platforms such as edX, Coursera, etc. A large user uses these platforms to enhance their competency and improve their skills. Numerous platform of MOOC has been implemented in higher education institution, and the public debate about MOOC is growing; is the platform relevant to be formal education or not. Therefore, this research objective is to explore the MOOC's features, particularly, to identify the difference platform of edX and Coursera. Those platforms have the most significant number of learners; in learner's perspectives through the Resource Activity Support Evaluation (RASE) pedagogical method and learning activity components, which consists of Absorb, Do, Connect activity. The study conducted at a private university in Indonesia with 60 students as respondents and they were also involved in experiments activity to use MOOC's platform. This study used quantitative approach to identify the difference platform between edX and Coursera. The significant results from this study can open mind the researcher to understand the uniqueness of MOOC's platform particularly in edX and Coursera, and it also can be considered as a starting finding toward advanced research in education technology area for the higher education institution.