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Retention in MOOCs: Understanding Users' Motivations, Perceptions and Activity Trajectories

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CHI EA '15: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have experienced rapid development and achieved substantial attention from learners, educators and practitioners. Although MOOCs have been widely accepted, they have been plagued by tremendously high drop-out rate. However, while some studies have focused on students' retention and engagement issues, very little attention has been given to the population of students who do not finish the courses in which they register. I propose to understand retention in MOOCs by analyzing qualitative (interview) data and quantitative data (course-related information from completed MOOCs) to characterize the motivations and experiences, learning activities, and outcomes for all MOOC students, by focusing on the vast majority, those who do not finish MOOCs. I will use this richer understanding to identify instructional and platform design implications.

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Retention in MOOCs: Understanding Users' Motivations, Perceptions and Activity Trajectories
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. Distance learning
    2. E-learning
  2. Law, social and behavioral sciences
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interactive systems and tools
      1. User interface management systems

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Haar CBell A(2020)Analysis of Repeat Learners in Computer Science MOOCs2020 IEEE Learning With MOOCS (LWMOOCS)10.1109/LWMOOCS50143.2020.9234342(4-7)Online publication date: 29-Sep-2020
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Goswami AKumar A(2018)Online Social CommunitiesDigital Business10.1007/978-3-319-93940-7_13(289-341)Online publication date: 27-Jul-2018
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93940-7_13
Lim J(2016)Predicting successful completion using student delay indicators in undergraduate self-paced online coursesDistance Education10.1080/01587919.2016.123305037:3(317-332)Online publication date: 27-Sep-2016
https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2016.1233050

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