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Direct linkMoore, Robert L. – Distance Education, 2022
In this paper, I introduce a new term to the online learning lexicon, "mesocredentials," an emerging and transformative approach to integrating massive open online courses (MOOCs) within the higher education system. A mesocredential connects MOOC achievement with academic credit applied to a traditional academic degree. I distinguish…
Descriptors: Credentials, Academic Achievement, Credits, MOOCs
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
Kim, Rang; Song, Hae-Deok – Distance Education, 2023
This study aimed to develop and validate a scale of agentic engagement in massive open online courses (MOOCs). Initially, 14 items were derived through a literature review, from which 7 items were drawn through a Delphi survey. Sample sets were used to develop and confirm the constructs of the new scale proposed in this study. To examine…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Test Construction, Test Validity, Learner Engagement
Moon-Heum Cho; Lei Zhang; Seongmi Lim; Seokwon Hwang – Distance Education, 2024
Although higher education institutions offer self-paced massive open online courses (MOOCs) on platforms like edX, little systematic effort has been made to examine their instructional design features. The purpose of this study was, therefore, to review self-paced MOOCs on edX and examine their instructional design features for those interested in…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, MOOCs, Pacing, Higher Education
Zixi Li; Xiaoying Zheng; Curtis J. Bonk; Meina Zhu – Distance Education, 2024
This study utilizes a qualitative research design to investigate the design experiences of massive open online courses (MOOCs) instructors in South American academic institutions. It reveals that MOOC instructors are primarily motivated to teach MOOCs from their desire to make contributions to society (e.g., providing free and accessible MOOCs on…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, MOOCs, Access to Education, Equal 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
Zixi Li; Meina Zhu; Dilnoza Kadirova; Curtis J. Bonk – Distance Education, 2023
The study investigated how adolescent students in Nepal explored massive open online learning courses (MOOCs) in a self-directed learning manner. It used a qualitative approach by conducting 13 individual interviews with these youth. Findings suggest that Nepali adolescent MOOC learners are strongly motivated by natural curiosity toward learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Independent Study, MOOCs, Learning Processes
