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Direct linkWei Cong Lim; Rebecca L. Haslam; Lee M. Ashton; Sasha Fenton; Clare E. Collins – Health Education Journal, 2024
Background: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) can engage large numbers of learners. Understanding motivations for enrolling and elements that engage learners may help meet learner needs. This study explored motivations, intentions, recruitment methods and course acceptability of learners enrolled in 'The Science of Weight Loss: Dispelling diet…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Nutrition, Health Education, Adult Learning
Hengtao Tang – Distance Education, 2024
Self-regulated learning (SRL) has been viewed as a critical skill for learner success in MOOCs, but due to methodological limitations of self-reported measures, the relationship between SRL and learner performance remains unquantified. Therefore, this study sought to investigate how SRL impacted learner performance in MOOCs by linking clickstream…
Descriptors: Self Management, MOOCs, Educational Technology, Adult Learning
Ünal Çakiroglu; Adem Özkan; Isak Çevi?k; Damla Kutlu; Sefa Kahyar – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The field of online professional development is in ongoing growth, and motivation has been identified as a critical factor in online courses. Somewhat different from the common courses delivered through MOOCs, this study investigates learning processes in compulsory courses. The study aims to understand the motivational factors influential on the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, MOOCs, Distance Education, Mandatory Continuing Education
Stephanie Dionne Connolly – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Data scientists in educational research utilize learning analytics to investigate predictors of adult learner performance or final grades in closed online courses, blended or hybrid courses, and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to investigate if and to what extent a predictive…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Adult Students, Private Colleges, Learner Controlled Instruction
Download full textKaela M. Martin; A. Hope Elmer; Lauren P. deVera; Joselyn Busato; Parker Landon; Davide Guzzetti; Elif E. Miskioglu – Advances in Engineering Education, 2024
Online courses have become increasingly popular in education and professional development because of their user-friendliness, accessibility, and ability to provide specialized training beyond formal education for workforce preparation. We demonstrate the efficacy of using a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to teach specialized engineering…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Engineering Education, Career Readiness, Aerospace Education
Li Jin; Dawei Shang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Massive open online courses (MOOC) have become important in the learning process and have been adopted in higher education, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, few studies investigated MOOC continuance intention (CI) for arts disciplines. Thus, an integrated framework was proposed based on the expectation-confirmation model (ECM) and…
Descriptors: Art Education, MOOCs, Computer System Design, Continuing Education
Kayon Murray-Johnson; Bryan Dewsbury – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This article explores the design and development of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on inclusive teaching. Released in the Fall of 2023, the MOOC is particularly unique because of its intentional use of ethnically diverse voices and multimodal content to include art, music, spoken word, and storytelling. Modules range from Self and Empathy to…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Inclusion, Teaching Methods, Adult Education
Doo, Min Young; Zhu, Meina; Bonk, Curtis J. – Distance Education, 2023
Self-directed learning (SDL) is a critical success factor for massive open online course (MOOC) learners. This meta-analysis study examined the influence of SDL on learning outcomes in MOOCs by extracting the effect sizes of 60 samples from 14 studies published between January 2010 and April 2022. The results showed that the overall effects of SDL…
Descriptors: Independent Study, MOOCs, Outcomes of Education, Educational Research
Figueroa, Roberto Bacani, Jr. – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe an educational virtual reality (VR) photo-based tour used in an online course and investigate the influence of immersive capability on the dimensions of spatial presence and their relationship with learning-related variables. Design/methodology/approach: The study employs a descriptive and an…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Electronic Learning, Spatial Ability, Learner Engagement
McNamara, Billie; Sun, Qi – Commission for International Adult Education, 2021
Micro-credentialing is unique because it spans epistemological paradigms, theoretical frameworks, and research methodologies in every academic discipline. Micro-credentialing and related technologies promote formal, non-formal, and informal learning among global adult learners through public-domain Open Educational Resources (OER) and other online…
Descriptors: Credentials, Adult Education, Open Educational Resources, Informal Education
Wang, Ying; Wang, Hong; Albert, Leslie Jordan – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2023
The MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) providers promote their courses as education that builds marketable skills. However, little research examines the role of relevance in the success of MOOCs or how this relevance influences learner behaviors. This study highlights the importance of MOOC relevance by decomposing it into personal relevance and…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Adult Students, Student Behavior, Relevance (Education)
Michael Simonson Ed.; Deborah Seepersaud Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2022
For the forty-fifth time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online and onsite during the annual AECT Convention. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume #1 contains papers dealing…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Flipped Classroom, Artificial Intelligence
Peter Shukie – Prism: Casting New Light on Learning, Theory & Practice, 2019
The rapid development of Web 2.0 technologies has created excitement and opportunity alongside fear and confusion. It seems no part of society, culture, economy and human life generally has been untouched as a new sense of chaos emerges. Across all sectors change has been experienced with a mixture of terror and exhilaration as disruption offers…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Web 2.0 Technologies, Opportunities, Fear
James Brunton; Mark Brown; Eamon Costello; Orna Farrell – Student Success, 2019
This practice report discusses the development of the Head Start Online MOOC. This initiative targeted flexible learners, defined as adults engaged in part-time or online distance learning, during the initial stages of the study life-cycle. Drawing on the literature, the experiences of major international Online and Distance Learning (ODL)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Nontraditional Students, MOOCs
Theo Bastiaens, Editor – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2024
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. The "EdMedia + Innovate Learning" conference took place in Brussels,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Electronic Learning
