Abstract
Within globalization and the development of information and communication technologies (ICT), social and civic competence and sustainability take on a relevant role in the international scope. To this end, a theoretical section on citizenship models and the different fingerprints of sustainability is presented. The study is quantitative, with a sample of 161 massive open online courses (MOOCs) from three of the main platforms (Coursera, EdX and MiriadaX) with content on citizenship, citizen participation and/or sustainability. Both data collection and analysis are structured around a system of four categories: Technical dimension, didactic dimension, citizenship and sustainability. An exploratory analysis is carried out, followed by a factorial analysis focused on correlations and reduction of factors that allows us to define a main formative profile of the MOOC in relation to the reference themes. In this way, this research concludes that there is an international trend in MOOCs in citizenship and sustainability, whose predominant training proposals include contents related to the ecological citizenship model, as well as issues such as lack of resources, the need to reduce waste derived from consumption, climate change, or the impact of companies on the local economy and environment.
Highlights
Globalization and glocalization have been developed in response to the increasingly interconnected and interdependent world [1]
There is no universally-accepted model of citizenship, so, in an eclectic approach, we could define citizenship as: “A legal status that integrates the knowledge and exercise of rights and the assumption of responsibilities that materialize through active and critical participation in the different areas that make up the world today; being able to transcend from the local to the global and being marked by the exercise of individual responsibilities, rights and liberties without limiting the rights of other citizens, as all citizens who assume a responsible citizenship essentially understand that equality, dialog, rejection of situations of social injustice and, respect for human rights must be demandable in any democratic State” [34]
The sample consists of the 2019 massive open online courses (MOOCs) on citizenship and/or sustainability; allowing a selection of 161 MOOCs from Coursera (38), Edx (117) and MiriadaX (6) that can be divided into five macro reference areas (Figure 2): Experimental Sciences (38), Health Sciences (9), Technical Teachings (5), Social and Legal Sciences (85) and Humanities (24)
Summary
Globalization and glocalization have been developed in response to the increasingly interconnected and interdependent world [1]. Every four years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), receives information from Member States on the measures adopted to implement the 1974 Recommendation in the different stages of formal education, ranging from early childhood education to university This recommendation is closely related to Goal 4 of sustainable development: “Quality Education” and, within it, to target 4.7 proposed by the United Nations in the Sustainable Development Goals [16]: “By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights Sustainability keys, such as the ability of a natural area to produce resources and absorb waste from the population, greenhouse gases in the manufacture and marketing of products, fresh water consumed in the production and consumption of Sustainability 2019, 11, 5860 goods and services, and the impact of business activity on social welfare, in the local economy and in the environment
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