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Díez-Arcón, Paz; Martín-Monje, Elena – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
There has been an increasing interest in Language Massive Open Online Courses (LMOOCs) in terms of research and number of courses offered, shown by the monographic volumes and systematic reviews that have been published so far. This study aims to consolidate this emerging field by exploring research from 2019 to 2021. The origin of scientific…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Research Reports
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Yuting Zheng; Yuanlan Jiang; Jian-E- Peng – SAGE Open, 2025
English Language MOOCs (LMOOCs) employ multimodal resources to enhance second language learners' engagement and motivation. This study examined the multimodal instructional discourse in English LMOOCs in a Chinese MOOC platform, focusing on the rhetorical relations between the linguistic mode, termed verbiage, and two non-linguistic modes, namely…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Jintao Yang; Geng Liang; Wei Zhang – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2025
Although learner interactions in forums are well-documented, research on instructor engagement strategies in MOOC forums and their impact on forum dynamics is limited. This study offers a distinctive approach by categorizing instructor strategies into four types: communicative, integrative, task-oriented, and non-interventionist. Six prominent…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Teacher Student Relationship, Plagiarism, Active Learning
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Zeng, Shuang; Zhang, Jingjing; Gao, Ming; Xu, Kate M.; Zhang, Jiang – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Learning analytics (LA) has the potential to generate new insights into the complexities of learning behaviours in language massive open online courses (LMOOCs). In LA, the collective attention model takes an ecological system view of the dynamic process of unequal participation patterns in online and flexible learning environments. In this study,…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, MOOCs, Oral Language, English (Second Language)
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Azhar, Aqil Zainal; Segal, Avi; Gal, Kobi – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2022
This paper studies the use of Reinforcement Learning (RL) policies for optimizing the sequencing of online learning materials to students. Our approach provides an end to end pipeline for automatically deriving and evaluating robust representations of students' interactions and policies for content sequencing in online educational settings. We…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Instructional Materials, Learning Analytics, Policy Analysis
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Napat Jitpaisarnwattana; Hayo Reinders; Pornapit Darasawang – Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 2019
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) were first introduced to the wider public in 2008, with the first language MOOCs appearing in 2012. Following the initial hype, a number of problems with the way MOOCs had been conceived and implemented have emerged from research and practical experiences. In this article we revisit some of the arguments for and…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Analytics
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Ustuk, Özgehan – Teaching English with Technology, 2022
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) provide digital learning spaces for individualized professional development that may create opportunities in teacher education and support language teachers. Language teachers need continuous professional development to develop their digital literacies, and further research is essential to investigate new…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Case Studies, Faculty Development, Language Teachers
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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