The role of motivation in MOOCs' retention rates: a systematic literature review

M Badali, J Hatami, SK Banihashem, E Rahimi… - Research and Practice …, 2022 - Springer
Although MOOCs platforms offer a unique way to provide information for a large cohort of
participants, only a small percentage of participants complete MOOCs. The high number of …

Take a MOOC and then drop: A systematic review of MOOC engagement pattern and dropout factor

H Huang, L Jew, D Qi - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) plays an important role in education equity
and lifelong learning without entrance barriers, time limitations, and geographical …

Educational data mining to predict students' academic performance: A survey study

S Batool, J Rashid, MW Nisar, J Kim, HY Kwon… - Education and …, 2023 - Springer
Educational data mining is an emerging interdisciplinary research area involving both
education and informatics. It has become an imperative research area due to many …

Towards predicting student's dropout in university courses using different machine learning techniques

J Kabathova, M Drlik - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The found model with the best values of the performance metrics,
found as the result of comparing several machine learning classifiers, can identify students …

Unifying EFL learners' online self-regulation and online motivational self-system in MOOCs: A structural equation modeling approach

AR Rahimi, Z Cheraghi - Journal of Computers in Education, 2024 - Springer
Being renowned as the state-of-the-art of open educational movement, Massive Open
Online Courses (MOOCs) have been expanded noticeably in online schooling. This study …

Faired: A systematic fairness analysis approach applied in a higher educational context

J Vasquez Verdugo, X Gitiaux, C Ortega… - … learning analytics and …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Higher education institutions increasingly rely on machine learning models. However, a
growing body of evidence shows that these algorithms may not serve underprivileged …

The sustainability of a Community of Inquiry in online course satisfaction in virtual learning environments in higher education

MKM Nasir, AH Ngah - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Teaching and learning online is quite challenging. Both require an additional capacity and
effort to withstand ongoing engagement in a virtual learning environment. Nonetheless …

Dropout prediction model in MOOC based on clickstream data and student sample weight

C ** - Soft Computing, 2021 - Springer
Currently, the high dropout rate of massive open online course (MOOC) has seriously
affected its popularity and promotion. How to effectively predict the dropout status of students …

The role of EFL learners' L2 self-identities, and authenticity gap on their intention to continue LMOOCs: Insights from an exploratory partial least approach

AR Rahimi - Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
A research study on the L2 Motivational Self-systems (L2MSS) and technology acceptance
of Foreign Language Learners (EFL) in relation to Language Massive Open Online Courses …

Motivation for MOOC learning persistence: An expectancy–value theory perspective

Y Lee, HD Song - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Managing learning continuity is critical for successful MOOC learning. Thus, enabling
learners to have learning persistence needs to be integrated into the MOOC learning …