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Eriksson, Thommy; Adawi, Tom; Stöhr, Christian – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2017
Why do over 90% of the learners in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) never finish the course? There is a need for further studies focusing on the learners' experiences of participating in MOOCs and factors that influence the decision to complete or drop out of the course. To deepen our understanding of why learners complete or drop out of MOOCs,…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Czerniewicz, Laura; Deacon, Andrew; Glover, Michael; Walji, Sukaina – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2017
MOOCs have been seen as holding promise for advancing Open Education. While the pedagogical design of the first MOOCs grew out of the Open Education Movement, the current trend has MOOCs exhibiting fewer of the original openness goals than anticipated. The aim of this study is to examine the practices and attitudes of MOOC educators at an African…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries