Online learning in civic education (OLCE) has been going on since the 2000s. It has become an increasingly interesting topic in light of recent technological advances and emergencies, and it contributes to improving the quality of learning processes and outcomes. This study aimed to track the publication trends of OLCE in the Scopus database…

The teaching and learning innovations in this post-COVID pandemic study focus on improving content knowledge, pedagogy, instructional resources, the learning environment, and learning outcomes. Using technologies to provide sustainable interventions is good, but adopting innovative digital pedagogical resources to facilitate instructional…

Innovation and entrepreneurship education has become a global priority, driven by the need for innovation-led national development and the imperative to reform and enhance the quality of higher education. As a pivotal vehicle for delivering such education in the digital era, Innovation and Entrepreneurship MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have…

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) make high-quality learning accessible to students from all over the world. On the other hand, they are known to exhibit low student performance and high dropout rates. Early prediction of student performance in MOOCs can help teachers intervene in time in order to improve learners' future performance. This is…

In this study, we examined interaction behaviors between a small number of participants in two massive open online courses (MOOCs) and an FAQ chatbot, focusing on the participants' native language markers. We used a binary native language marker (non-native English user vs. native English user) to distinguish between two groups in this multiple…

In a massive open online courses (MOOCs) learning environment, it is essential to understand students' social knowledge constructs and critical thinking for instructors to design intervention strategies. The development of social knowledge constructs and critical thinking can be represented by cognitive presence, which is a primary component of…

One of the main problems of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is the low retention rate of students and a high no-show rate. Meanwhile gamification has been gaining notoriety in the last decade within the education field. This systematic literature review explores the impact gamification has had in MOOCs, how their success is being measured,…

Learning trend has been shifted from a conventional way to a digital way in the form of E-learning, but it faces a high dropout ratio. Lack of engagement is one of the primary factors reported for this issue as the same type of course content is presented to learners despite their different background, knowledge and learning styles. Different…

Although Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have attracted extensive attention among educational stakeholders, the issue of the high dropout rate has yet to be solved. The current study aimed to unpack teacher influence on MOOCs learners' continuance learning intention, and to examine the mediating roles of students' perceived usefulness and…

The advantages of higher education have received significant attention over time. However, recent research seems to challenge this assumption. It highlights that returns to education may be subject to inflation, may vary in relation to skills, and may not be equally distributed, thus posing new questions about the role of formal education. Against…

Learners' success in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and the factors influencing it have previously been examined mainly upon completion of the course. This approach does not reveal whether learners are fulfilling their initial intentions regarding MOOCs and which factors affect it and thus the individual success of the learners. This…

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…

Despite their growing importance, differential, process-oriented research on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for professional learning is scarce. This paper explores learner behavior in Enterprise MOOCs using lag sequential analysis. Data from 13 MOOCs on business and technology-related topics with a total of N = 72,668 active learners were…

ChatGPT and Bard, two chatbots powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), are propelling the educational sector towards a new era of instructional innovation. Within this educational paradigm, the present investigation conducts a comparative analysis of these groundbreaking chatbots, scrutinizing their distinct operational characteristics and…

The higher education system of India is one of the largest systems on the globe, where there is a huge young population. The central government aims to increase the higher education gross enrolment ratio, which will improve the living and economic standards of youth. However, enrolment in higher education is lower for many reasons, including the…