A Study on Enhancing Teaching Presence in Teacher Education MOOC

Abstract

MOOC has become an important channel to promote the professional development of teachers. However, despite the global presence and scale, some critical challenges still persist in MOOC. Some of these reported challenges include lack of learner engagement, limited practical motivation and feeling of isolation, all of which in turn contributes to low performance. These issues could be addressed through innovative teaching and learning strategies based on teaching presence . In this paper, we enhance the sense of teaching presence suitable for teacher education MOOC environment, and investigates and analyzes the effect of teaching presence on performance through empirical research. The study found that the enhanced teaching presence in the teacher education MOOC environment has a significant impact on teachers' practical motivation and learning engagement.