Challenge Quality Development Of MOOCS: Strengthening Collaborative Network To Empower Learner

Due to popularity and the demand, number of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) increases at a higher rate. However not all of MOOCs programs meets the expectation of participants. The high rate of dropouts reaching almost 90% indicates that MOOCs have not been effectively organized by many institutions. The debate among experts indicates the question do MOOCs follow a sound pedagogy and organizational approach to online learning that will lead to quality outcomes and experiences for students?. Since technology as an essential tool for learning, beyond expectation of participant on MOOCs is to acquire learning experience affected by several aspects, such as collaboration, interaction, social community, peer engagement and networking. Redesigning new platform is essential to facilitate collaborative network learning experiences and empower learners. A sound quality development framework should be integrated into course offering. Empirical studies assessing quality MOOCs in Universitas Terbuka/UT {Indonesia Open University) can be used as an input to acquire the facts on the field on participants' satisfaction. This study utilized three essential constructs as determinants that can affect the satisfaction of MOOCs UT's participants, namely system quality, information quality and service quality. The finding on the field showed that all of these three factors significantly affect perceived satisfaction, where information quality {usefulness, accurate and relevance) provides the most powerful influence. This finding can be utilized as an input for the development of MOOCs platform in the future to initiate the culture where participants can form relationship and facilitate learning journey through collaborative network