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Direct linkCohen, Anat; Shimony, Udi; Nachmias, Rafi; Soffer, Tal – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
This study explores and characterizes learners' participation patterns in MOOC forums, as well as the factors that correlate with learners' participation. Educational data mining and learning analytics methods were used to retrieve and analyze the learners' interpersonal interaction data, which had accumulated in the Coursera log files. The…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Student Participation, Correlation, Mass Instruction
Formanek, Martin; Buxner, Sanlyn; Impey, Chris; Wenger, Matthew – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
In this work we study how different motivations of learners relate to their engagement in a massive open online course (MOOC). The research was conducted in a cohort-based astronomy MOOC "Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space" provided through the Coursera platform. In order to discern motivations of course participants, the Science…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Learner Engagement, Correlation
