Initial entry. IEEE has not yet published the paper in their digital library and no DOI exists.Online education can be delivered in many ways. For example, some MOOCs let students to proceed with their own pace, while others rely on strict schedules. Although the variety of how MOOCs can be organized is generally well understood, less is known about how the different ways of organizing MOOCs affect retention. In this work, we compare self-paced and fixed-schedule MOOCs in terms of retention and work-load. Using data from over 8.000 students participating in two versions of a massive open online course in programming, we observe that drop-out rates at the beginning of the courses are greater than towards the end of the courses, with self-pac...
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) present the potential to deliver high quality education to a lar...
Students in MOOCs may dropout because of poor instructional design quality of courses, poor learning...
An increasing number of students are taking classes offered online through open-access platforms; ho...
Full research paper-Online education can be delivered in many ways. For example, some MOOCs let stud...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become hugely popular recently. MOOCs can offer high-qualit...
Why do over 90% of the learners in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) never finish the course? Ther...
One of the problems regarding MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) is the high dropout rate. Although...
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are part of the lifelong learning experience of people worldwide...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) changed the way continuous education is perceived. Employees wil...
Online education provides learning opportunities to a global audience. Most popular MOOC platforms h...
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are being used across the world to provide millions of learners ...
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are usually six to ten weeks long. Participation tends to decrea...
Massive and open online courses (MOOCs) satisfy learning needs from the particularities of their typ...
The open nature of MOOCs poses new challenges for educators to engage students in their learning. It...
Using a unique dataset of 44 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), this paper examines critical patte...
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) present the potential to deliver high quality education to a lar...
Students in MOOCs may dropout because of poor instructional design quality of courses, poor learning...
An increasing number of students are taking classes offered online through open-access platforms; ho...
Full research paper-Online education can be delivered in many ways. For example, some MOOCs let stud...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become hugely popular recently. MOOCs can offer high-qualit...
Why do over 90% of the learners in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) never finish the course? Ther...
One of the problems regarding MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) is the high dropout rate. Although...
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are part of the lifelong learning experience of people worldwide...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) changed the way continuous education is perceived. Employees wil...
Online education provides learning opportunities to a global audience. Most popular MOOC platforms h...
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are being used across the world to provide millions of learners ...
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are usually six to ten weeks long. Participation tends to decrea...
Massive and open online courses (MOOCs) satisfy learning needs from the particularities of their typ...
The open nature of MOOCs poses new challenges for educators to engage students in their learning. It...
Using a unique dataset of 44 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), this paper examines critical patte...
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) present the potential to deliver high quality education to a lar...
Students in MOOCs may dropout because of poor instructional design quality of courses, poor learning...
An increasing number of students are taking classes offered online through open-access platforms; ho...