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Sunar, Ayse Saliha; White, Su; Abdullah, Nor Aniza; Davis, Hugh C. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2017
In 2015, 35 million learners participated online in 4,200 MOOCs organized by over 500 universities. Learning designers orchestrate MOOC content to engage learners at scale and retain interest by carefully mixing videos, lectures, readings, quizzes, and discussions. Universally, far fewer people actually participate in MOOCs than originally sign up…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Interaction, Learner Engagement
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Durksen, Tracy L.; Chu, Man-Wai; Ahmad, Zaheen F.; Radil, Amanda I.; Daniels, Lia M. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2016
Self-determination theory (SDT) is one of the most well-known approaches to achievement motivation. However, the three basic psychological needs of SDT have not received equivalent attention in the literature: priority has been given to autonomy, followed by the need for competence, with research into relatedness lacking (Bachman and Stewart in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Electronic Learning, Psychological Needs