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Examining student characteristics, goals, and engagement in Massive Open Online Courses

机译：检查学生的特征，目标和参加大规模在线公开课程的参与度

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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have emerged with much popularity in the last five years, yet many questions remain about whom MOOCs best serve and what constitutes learner success. Completion rates, a common metric of student success, remain low, averaging less than 8%, and may be a misleading measure of success unless learner intentions are considered. This research addresses the relationships among learner characteristics and goals for enrolling in MOOCs, and the impacts on student persistence and completion in varying disciplines. We examined learner self-reported goals for taking a MOOC, characteristics, and rate of completion of 15,655 participants in eight MOOC courses. Results revealed that while age was positively associated with MOOC participation, motivation differed across course disciplines. The relationship between learner goals and engagement differed between those enrolled in Humanities/Liberal Arts (HLA) and STEM courses. Most notably, while taking the course due to personal interest or usefulness to a participant's career held a positive relationship with engagement in HLA courses, the endorsement of these same goals was predictive of less engagement in STEM courses. Our findings indicate that learner goals impact engagement and success, and that there are differences in engagement and goals between course disciplines. Suggestions for future MOOC research and potential course improvement to better align with learner goals are also provided.
机译：在过去的五年中，大规模开放式在线课程（MOOC）逐渐流行起来，但是仍然存在许多问题，那就是MOOC的最佳服务对象和学习者的成功要素。完成率是学生成功的一项常见指标，但仍然很低，平均不到8％，除非考虑学习者的意图，否则它可能是对成功的误导性衡量。这项研究解决了学习者特征与MOOC入学目标之间的关系，以及对不同学科的学生坚持和完成的影响。我们研究了学习者自我报告的目标，这些目标包括参加8门MOOC课程的15655名参与者的MOOC，特征和完成率。结果显示，虽然年龄与MOOC参与成正相关，但动机因学科而异。学习目标和参与之间的关系在人文/文科（HLA）和STEM课程中有所不同。最值得注意的是，虽然由于个人兴趣或对参与者职业的有用性而参加该课程与参与HLA课程有着积极的关系，但对这些相同目标的认可预示着将减少参加STEM课程。我们的发现表明，学习者目标会影响参与和成功，并且课程学科之间的参与和目标存在差异。还提供了有关未来MOOC研究和可能的课程改进以更好地与学习者目标保持一致的建议。

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