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What students really want from MOOCs - a qualitative analysis of students' individual motivation and learning goals
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Abstract Despite the euphoria about MOOCs, a final evaluation of the educational
value is still pending. In our paper, we question the recent research focus which tends
to solely quantify educational success by referring to certain numbers of completion.
We think it is promising to give more consideration... view more
Despite the euphoria about MOOCs, a final evaluation of the educational
value is still pending. In our paper, we question the recent research focus which tends
to solely quantify educational success by referring to certain numbers of completion.
We think it is promising to give more consideration to the subject of students’
individual learning success and thus complement recent research about the impact of
MOOCs. Empirically, we draw on experiences gained throughout a climate MOOC.... view less
Keywords
correspondence university; interdisciplinarity; distance learning; electronic learning; evaluation; student; motivation; learning objective; learning success; abandonment of studies; educational offerings; climate change
Classification
University Education
Free Keywords
MOOC
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 1-11
Journal
Journal of the International Conference on University Teaching and Innovation (CIDUI) (2016) 3
ISSN
2385-6203
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed