摘要

Massive open online course (Mooc) is an educational technology that involves both education and technological innovation. The past investigations of Mooc are very limited in research methodologies for this interdisciplinary research field. Using social network analysis, bibliometrics, text mining and idea of epidemic model, this work quantitatively measures, analyzes and compares Mooc research papers' concept complexity, knowledge ageing rate and Mooc diffusion pattern at international and country-specific levels.