MOOCS

Identifying Learning Activity Sequences that Are Associated with High Intention-Fulfillment in MOOCs featured image

Identifying Learning Activity Sequences that Are Associated with High Intention-Fulfillment in MOOCs

Learners join MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) with a variety of intentions. The fulfillment of these initial intentions is an important success criterion in self-paced and open …

eyal-rabin
Factors influencing the pursuit of personal learning goals in MOOCs featured image

Factors influencing the pursuit of personal learning goals in MOOCs

MOOCs are promising opportunities for lifelong learning, but as promising as these learning opportunities seem, many learners do not succeed in pursuing their personal learning …

maartje-henderikx
Who is taking MOOCs for teachers’ professional development on the use of ICT? A cross-sectional study from Spain featured image

Who is taking MOOCs for teachers’ professional development on the use of ICT? A cross-sectional study from Spain

Research on the use of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for teacher professional development (TPD) and the characteristics of their participants is scarce. This article presents …

jonatan-castano-munoz
Intention-behavior dynamics in MOOCs Learning; What happens to good intentions along the way? featured image

Intention-behavior dynamics in MOOCs Learning; What happens to good intentions along the way?

In this study, we introduce a model that captures and visualizes the dynamical process of individual intention forming and the translation of this intention into actual behavior …

maartje-henderikx
Eliciting the challenges and opportunities organizations face when delivering open online education: A group-concept mapping study featured image

Eliciting the challenges and opportunities organizations face when delivering open online education: A group-concept mapping study

The global attention for open online education (OOE) caused a situation in which higher education institutions (HEIs) reconsider the way they deliver education to the population. …

martine-schophuizen
To Change or not to Change? That’s the Question… On MOOC-Success, Barriers and their Implications featured image

To Change or not to Change? That’s the Question… On MOOC-Success, Barriers and their Implications

This explorative study aimed to get an understanding of MOOC-success as seen from the perspective of the MOOC-taker and the types of barriers which might stand in the way of this …

maartje-henderikx
Refining success and dropout in massive open online courses based on the intention–behavior gap featured image

Refining success and dropout in massive open online courses based on the intention–behavior gap

In this paper we present an alternative typology for determining success and dropout in massive open online courses (MOOCs). This typology takes the perspectives of MOOC-takers …

maartje-henderikx
Validation of the self-regulated online learning questionnaire featured image

Validation of the self-regulated online learning questionnaire

The number of students engaged in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is increasing rapidly. Due to the autonomy of students in this type of education, students in MOOCs are …

renee-jansen
Does digital competence and occupational setting influence MOOC participation? Evidence from a cross-course survey featured image

Does digital competence and occupational setting influence MOOC participation? Evidence from a cross-course survey

While MOOCs are recognized nowadays as a potential format for professional development and lifelong learning, little research has been conducted on the factors that influence MOOC …

jonatan-castano-munoz
The MOOC and learning analytics innovation cycle (MOLAC): a reflective summary of ongoing research and its challenges featured image

The MOOC and learning analytics innovation cycle (MOLAC): a reflective summary of ongoing research and its challenges

The article deals with the interplay between learning analytics and massive open online courses (MOOCs) and provides a conceptual framework to situate ongoing research in the MOOC …

hendrik-drachsler