Auditing the Accessibility of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017:242:855-858.

Abstract

The outcome from the research being reported in this paper is the design of an accessibility audit to evaluate Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for accessibility and to arrive at solutions and adaptations that can meet user needs. This accessibility audit includes expert-based heuristic evaluations and user-based evaluations of the MOOC platforms and individual courses.

Keywords: Accessibility; audit; massive online open course (MOOC).

MeSH terms

  • Access to Information*
  • Computer-Assisted Instruction*
  • Humans
  • Internet*