Grit and Intention: Why Do Learners Complete MOOCs?

In recent years there has been considerable interest in how many learners complete MOOCs, and what factors during usage can predict completion. Others, however, have argued that many learners never intend to complete MOOCs, and take MOOCs for other reasons. There has been qualitative research into w...

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Autores principales:	Yuan Wang, Ryan Baker
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2018
Materias:	massive open online courses (MOOCs) online learning learner motivation learning analytics grit Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b3aa86da484740da99d12e35e53c61df2021-12-02T17:16:18ZGrit and Intention: Why Do Learners Complete MOOCs?10.19173/irrodl.v19i3.33931492-3831https://doaj.org/article/b3aa86da484740da99d12e35e53c61df2018-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3393https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831In recent years there has been considerable interest in how many learners complete MOOCs, and what factors during usage can predict completion. Others, however, have argued that many learners never intend to complete MOOCs, and take MOOCs for other reasons. There has been qualitative research into why learners take MOOCs, but the link between learner goals and completion has not been fully established. In this paper, we study the relationship between learner intention to complete a MOOC and their actual completion status. We compare that relationship to the degree to which MOOC completion is predicted by other domain-general motivational factors such as grit, goal orientation, academic efficacy, and the need for cognition. We find that grit and goal orientation are associated with course completion, with grit predicting course completion independently from intention to complete, and with comparable strength. Yuan WangRyan BakerAthabasca University Pressarticlemassive open online courses (MOOCs)online learninglearner motivationlearning analyticsgritSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 19, Iss 3 (2018)
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description	In recent years there has been considerable interest in how many learners complete MOOCs, and what factors during usage can predict completion. Others, however, have argued that many learners never intend to complete MOOCs, and take MOOCs for other reasons. There has been qualitative research into why learners take MOOCs, but the link between learner goals and completion has not been fully established. In this paper, we study the relationship between learner intention to complete a MOOC and their actual completion status. We compare that relationship to the degree to which MOOC completion is predicted by other domain-general motivational factors such as grit, goal orientation, academic efficacy, and the need for cognition. We find that grit and goal orientation are associated with course completion, with grit predicting course completion independently from intention to complete, and with comparable strength.
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title	Grit and Intention: Why Do Learners Complete MOOCs?
title_short	Grit and Intention: Why Do Learners Complete MOOCs?
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title_full_unstemmed	Grit and Intention: Why Do Learners Complete MOOCs?
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Grit and Intention: Why Do Learners Complete MOOCs?

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