TY - JOUR ID - 1071724ar T1 - Research Trends in K–12 MOOCs: A Review of the Published Literature A1 - Koutsakas, Philippos A1 - Chorozidis, George A1 - Karamatsouki, Angeliki A1 - Karagiannidis, Charalampos JO - International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning VL - 21 IS - 3 SP - 285 EP - 303 SN - 1492-3831 Y1 - 2020 Y2 - 03/28/2024 6:39 p.m. PB - Athabasca University Press (AU Press) LA - EN AB - Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) appeared in the area of educational technologies in 2008. Until 2013, academic research into MOOCs focused mainly on their application to adults as well as students or graduates of tertiary education. However, since 2013, the rising number of K–12 students enrolled in higher education MOOCs made MOOCs a de facto reality in pretertiary education and triggered universities, governments, and MOOC providers to (a) develop MOOCs specifically designed for pretertiary education, and (b) research their potential and value in K–12 educational settings. This resulted in a notable number of K–12 MOOCs and pilot research works in the literature that focused on the potential of MOOCs in compulsory education settings, as well as on their ability to reshape and transform the current educational K–12 framework. This work seeks to (a) trace, analyze, and review the existing literature on K–12 MOOCs,  (b) identify representative MOOC implementations, (c) classify and organize research trends and patterns, and (d) reveal MOOCs’ potential value and impact on K–12 settings. The research used a narrative literature review methodology in order to critically review and qualitatively analyze twenty-one research publications in a systematic manner. Analysis of relevant works demonstrated that MOOCs, under a set of prerequisites, can be effectively incorporated into and positively affect pretertiary education. DO - https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v21i3.4650 UR - https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1071724ar L1 - https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/irrodl/2020-v21-n3-irrodl05527/1071724ar.pdf DP - Érudit: www.erudit.org DB - Érudit ER -