The recent diffusion of online education (both MOOCs and e-courses) has led to an
increased economic and scientific interest in e-learning environments. As widely …

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have paved a new learning path for the 21st-century
world. The potential to reach a massive geographically dispersed audience is one of the …

Background During the past decade, the increasingly heterogeneous field of learning
analytics has been critiqued for an over‐emphasis on data‐driven approaches at the …

It has been almost a decade since the emergence of learning analytics, a bricolage field of
research and practice that focuses on understanding and optimising learning and learning …

Discussion forums are the primary and most widely used venue for social learning and
communication in MOOC context. There has been an interest in the last few years to study …

This mixed method study used social network analysis (SNA) and inductive qualitative
analysis to compare social relationships and the underlying interactions they represent in …

The pace of our knowledge on online engagement has not been at par with our need to
understand the temporal dynamics of online engagement, the transitions between …

Discussion forums are increasingly central to massive open online courses (MOOCs), and it
is vital for learners to participate in associated forum activities. Active forum participation …

Abstract Online Health Communities (OHCs) are a type of self-organizing platform that
provide users with access to social support, information, and knowledge transfer …

Blended courses that mix in-person instruction with online platforms are increasingly
common in secondary education. These platforms record a rich amount of data on students' …