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275 Views
21 Pages

15 January 2026

Learner engagement is a pivotal factor affecting the effectiveness of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), as it promotes collaborative learning environments. However, measuring the extent of learners’ contributions in MOOC learning forums pres...

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  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,746 Views
17 Pages

13 January 2023

With the wide spread of massive open online courses ( MOOC ), millions of people have enrolled in many courses, but the dropout rate of most courses is more than 90%. Accurately predicting the dropout rate of MOOC is of great significance to prevent...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,459 Views
17 Pages

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have exploded in popularity; course reviews are important sources for exploring learners’ perceptions about different factors associated with course design and implementation. This study aims to investigate t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,010 Views
31 Pages

TSA-GRU: A Novel Hybrid Deep Learning Module for Learner Behavior Analytics in MOOCs

  • Soundes Oumaima Boufaida,
  • Abdelmadjid Benmachiche,
  • Makhlouf Derdour,
  • Majda Maatallah,
  • Moustafa Sadek Kahil and
  • Mohamed Chahine Ghanem

5 August 2025

E-Learning is an emerging dominant phenomenon in education, making the development of robust models that can accurately represent the dynamic behavior of learners in MOOCs even more critical. In this article, we propose the Temporal Sparse Attention-...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,428 Views
26 Pages

14 October 2024

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) provide borderless opportunities to engage with content and ideas, with prospective participants from around the globe being able to easily register. The course featured in this study focused on the social and emot...

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  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,322 Views
19 Pages

10 October 2021

Research on massive open online courses (MOOCs) has tended to focus on outcome indicators valued in traditional higher education settings, particularly achievement and completion. This study highlights the differences between MOOCs and credit-bearing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,893 Views
16 Pages

E-Learning Environment Based Intelligent Profiling System for Enhancing User Adaptation

  • Ramneet Kaur,
  • Deepali Gupta,
  • Mani Madhukar,
  • Aman Singh,
  • Maha Abdelhaq,
  • Raed Alsaqour,
  • Jose Breñosa and
  • Nitin Goyal

18 October 2022

Online learning systems have expanded significantly over the last couple of years. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become a major trend on the internet. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the count of learner enrolment has increased in various MO...

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  • Open Access
2,627 Views
16 Pages

11 May 2022

Facing the problem of massive unlabeled data and limited labeled samples, semi-supervised learning is favored, especially co-training. Standard co-training requires sufficiently redundant and conditionally independent dual views; however, in fact, fe...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,680 Views
16 Pages

Learner Engagement and Demographic Influences in Brazilian Massive Open Online Courses: Aprenda Mais Platform Case Study

  • Júlia Marques Carvalho da Silva,
  • Gabriela Hahn Pedroso,
  • Augusto Basso Veber and
  • Úrsula Gomes Rosa Maruyama

3 April 2024

This paper explores the dynamics of student engagement and demographic influences in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The study analyzes multiple facets of Brazilian MOOC participation, including re-enrollment patterns, course completion rates, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,131 Views
16 Pages

13 April 2023

Videos are arguably the most important and frequently used instructional resource in massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent research has explored learners’ perceptions and preferences regarding MOOC instructional videos. However, these stu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,714 Views
13 Pages

14 October 2021

One of the problems regarding MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) is the high dropout rate. Although dropout periods have been studied, there is still a lack of understanding of how dropout differs for MOOCs with different levels of difficulty. A qua...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,804 Views
21 Pages

An Algorithm and a Tool for the Automatic Grading of MOOC Learners from Their Contributions in the Discussion Forum

  • Sergio García-Molina,
  • Carlos Alario-Hoyos,
  • Pedro Manuel Moreno-Marcos,
  • Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino,
  • Iria Estévez-Ayres and
  • Carlos Delgado Kloos

24 December 2020

MOOCs (massive open online courses) have a built-in forum where learners can share experiences as well as ask questions and get answers. Nevertheless, the work of the learners in the MOOC forum is usually not taken into account when calculating their...

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  • Open Access
67 Citations
7,514 Views
19 Pages

8 June 2018

As a new education product in the information age, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) command momentous public attention for their unexpected rise and flexible application. However, the striking contrast between the high rate of registration and the...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,862 Views
17 Pages

29 April 2023

In the MOOCs context, learners experience information overload. Thus, it is necessary to improve personalized recommendation algorithms for learners. The current recommendation algorithm focuses mainly on the learners’ course ratings. However,...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,728 Views
8 Pages

MOOC Learners’ Engagement with Two Variants of Virtual Patients: A Randomised Trial

  • Natalia Stathakarou,
  • Marcel Leon Scully,
  • Andrzej A. Kononowicz,
  • Lars Henningsohn,
  • Nabil Zary and
  • Cormac McGrath

Introduction: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are an increasingly popular form of education in health professional education. VPs have been introduced in MOOCs to increase interactivity. There is a lack of research in understanding the reasons be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,656 Views
23 Pages

MOOCs offer great learning opportunities, but they also present several challenges for learners that hinder them from successfully completing MOOCs. To address these challenges, edX-LIMS (System for Learning Intervention and its Monitoring for edX MO...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,042 Views
14 Pages

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have seen enormous growth throughout the last four years. This format has fundamentally enriched the traditional method of web-based teaching and e-learning. Nevertheless, there have always been skeptical voices wh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
416 Views
17 Pages

MOOC Learner Profiling Using Relation-Aware Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks

  • Bo Jiang,
  • Xi Chen,
  • Mingzheng Li,
  • Zimeng Shan,
  • Yuhan Liu and
  • Naidi Yang

26 December 2025

Research on learner profiling in education primarily focuses on utilizing students’ personal characteristics and behavioral data to depict their learning status and traits. However, existing methods often face challenges such as incomplete data...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,774 Views
15 Pages

A Two-Phase Ensemble-Based Method for Predicting Learners’ Grade in MOOCs

  • Warunya Wunnasri,
  • Pakarat Musikawan and
  • Chakchai So-In

23 January 2023

MOOCs are online learning environments which many students use, but the success rate of online learning is low. Machine learning can be used to predict learning success based on how people learn in MOOCs. Predicting the learning performance can promo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,148 Views
19 Pages

1 November 2024

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offer highly specialized online courses and have attracted nearly 10 million learners worldwide to participate in various educational programs. These platforms provide discussion forums that allow learners to engag...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,798 Views
17 Pages

The Personalized and Inclusive MOOC: Using Learning Characteristics and Quality Principles in Instructional Design

  • Martín Bustamante-León,
  • Paúl Herrera,
  • Luis Domínguez-Granda,
  • Tammy Schellens,
  • Peter L. M. Goethals,
  • Otilia Alejandro and
  • Martin Valcke

15 November 2022

In Ecuador, 30% of the population does not consume drinking water of good quality. One of the causes is related to the deficiency in the technical skills of water operators because some have not had access to elementary, high school or higher educati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,633 Views
17 Pages

The UnMOOCing Process: Extending the Impact of MOOC Educational Resources as OERs

  • José A. Ruipérez-Valiente,
  • Sergio Martin,
  • Justin Reich and
  • Manuel Castro

8 September 2020

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) came into the educational ecosystem attracting the attention of the public media, businesses, teachers, and learners from all over the world. The original courses were completely open and free, targeting the worldw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
11,911 Views
13 Pages

MOOCs as Change Agents to Boost Innovation in Higher Education Learning Arenas

  • Ebba Ossiannilsson,
  • Fahriye Altinay and
  • Zehra Altinay

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) provide opportunities for learners to benefit from initiatives that are promoted by prestigious universities worldwide. The introduction of MOOCs in 2008 has since then transformed education globally. Consequently,...

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  • Open Access
546 Views
26 Pages

Unveiling the Factors for MOOC Adoption: An Educational Data Mining Perspective

  • Muhammad Shaheen,
  • Rabiya Ghafoor,
  • Savita K. Sugathan,
  • Pradeep Isawasan and
  • Muhammad Akmal Hakim Ahmad Asmawi

9 February 2026

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have emerged as a popular choice for learners as accessible and flexible education across the globe. Micro -are short skill-focused certifications offered within MOOCs to online learners. The interplay between mult...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,257 Views
19 Pages

28 April 2023

Since the evolution of massive online open courses (MOOCs) as an Ed-Tech solution to various educational problems, learners have registered themselves for various MOOCs offered by various universities and MOOC platforms. However, it has been observed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,866 Views
16 Pages

30 May 2024

MOOCs, the Massive Open Online Courses, are online educational courses that offer open access to a large number of participants globally. However, online engagement during MOOC learning remains a problem, as reflected in relatively high dropout rates...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,696 Views
17 Pages

MOOC Behavior Analysis and Academic Performance Prediction Based on Entropy

  • Xiaoliang Zhu,
  • Yuanxin Ye,
  • Liang Zhao and
  • Chen Shen

5 October 2021

In recent years, massive open online courses (MOOCs) have received widespread attention owing to their flexibility and free access, which has attracted millions of online learners to participate in courses. With the wide application of MOOCs in educa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,786 Views
12 Pages

Analysis of Factors Influencing Students’ Access to Mathematics Education in the Form of MOOC

  • Dalibor Gonda,
  • Viliam Ďuriš,
  • Gabriela Pavlovičová and
  • Anna Tirpáková

27 July 2020

Restricting the movement of students because of COVID-19 requires expanding the offer of online education. Online education should reflect the principles of pedagogical constructivism to ensure the development of students’ cognitive and social...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,669 Views
38 Pages

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become increasingly prevalent in higher education, with the COVID-19 pandemic further accelerating their integration, particularly in developing countries. While MOOCs offered a vital solution for educational...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,365 Views
15 Pages

26 April 2021

Instructors’ experiences in MOOCs assist their curriculum development and teaching skills as well as professional growth, which is seldom explored. The study examined and reflected on the commonalities of instructors’ experiences in Massive Open Onli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,091 Views
18 Pages

9 October 2021

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have become a mainstream form of online learning. At present, various countries are vigorously developing MOOC platforms, which provide a helpful platform for people to acquire knowledge and skills. However, the qu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
10,249 Views
18 Pages

Using the Internet: Nutrition Information-Seeking Behaviours of Lay People Enrolled in a Massive Online Nutrition Course

  • Melissa Adamski,
  • Helen Truby,
  • Karen M. Klassen,
  • Stephanie Cowan and
  • Simone Gibson

12 March 2020

People’s accessibility to nutrition information is now near universal due to internet access, and the information available varies in its scientific integrity and provider expertise. Understanding the information-seeking behaviours of the publi...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
10,693 Views
7 Pages

Massive Open Online Courses

  • Tharindu Rekha Liyanagunawardena

28 January 2015

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a new addition to the open educational provision. They are offered mainly by prestigious universities on various commercial and non-commercial MOOC platforms allowing anyone who is interested to experience the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
14,271 Views
22 Pages

Inflaming Public Interest: A Qualitative Study of Adult Learners’ Perceptions on Nutrition and Inflammation

  • Stephanie Cowan,
  • Surbhi Sood,
  • Helen Truby,
  • Aimee Dordevic,
  • Melissa Adamski and
  • Simone Gibson

28 January 2020

Research suggests national dietary guidelines are losing public resonance, with consumers actively seeking alternate nutrition advice from unregulated online platforms that often propagate misinformation. Improved diet quality can beneficially affect...

  • Review
  • Open Access
82 Citations
10,674 Views
17 Pages

MOOC 5.0: A Roadmap to the Future of Learning

  • Ishteyaaq Ahmad,
  • Sonal Sharma,
  • Rajesh Singh,
  • Anita Gehlot,
  • Neeraj Priyadarshi and
  • Bhekisipho Twala

7 September 2022

Industry 4.0 has created a whole new world for us to explore, and its effects can be seen in every facet of our lives, especially in the workplace where it calls for technology-driven employment. There is a growing need to teach individuals and assis...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,115 Views
23 Pages

19 June 2023

There is an urgent need to develop climate leaders who can inspire and support mitigation and adaptation actions. This exploratory study assessed the experiences of two student populations: (1) remote learners who participated in, and (2) student co-...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,892 Views
14 Pages

6 September 2022

Collecting and analyzing log data can provide students with individualized learning to maintain their motivation and engagement in learning activities and reduce dropout in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). As online learning becomes more and more...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,922 Views
12 Pages

Investigating the Statistical Distribution of Learning Coverage in MOOCs

  • Xiu Li,
  • Chang Men,
  • Zhihui Du,
  • Jason Liu,
  • Manli Li and
  • Xiaolei Zhang

20 November 2017

Learners participating in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) have a wide range of backgrounds and motivations. Many MOOC learners enroll in the courses to take a brief look; only a few go through the entire content, and even fewer are able to eventua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
83 Citations
10,407 Views
16 Pages

9 February 2018

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is an innovative method in modern education, especially important for autonomous study and the sharing of global excellent education resources. However, it is not easy to implement the teaching process according to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,709 Views
12 Pages

14 December 2021

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) can potentially affect the lives of millions of people, but there is little research on how a programming MOOC could affect participants’ lives after participation. In Estonia, we have organised several progr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,123 Views
19 Pages

The rise of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has increased the large audience for higher education. Different learners face different learning difficulties in the process of online learning. In order to ensure the quality of teaching, online learn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,786 Views
25 Pages

25 April 2024

As the leading platform of online education, MOOCs provide learners with rich course resources, but course designers are still faced with the challenge of how to accurately improve the quality of courses. Current research mainly focuses on learners&r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,132 Views
12 Pages

Promoting Evidence Based Nutrition Education Across the World in a Competitive Space: Delivering a Massive Open Online Course

  • Simone Gibson,
  • Melissa Adamski,
  • Michelle Blumfield,
  • Janeane Dart,
  • Chiara Murgia,
  • Evelyn Volders and
  • Helen Truby

28 January 2020

The internet is the fastest growing source of nutrition information for consumers. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) provide and avenue for nutrition professionals’ urgent need to respond to consumer demand for low-cost, accessible and engagi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,560 Views
12 Pages

Personalized Feedback in Massive Open Online Courses: Harnessing the Power of LangChain and OpenAI API

  • Miguel Morales-Chan,
  • Hector R. Amado-Salvatierra,
  • José Amelio Medina,
  • Roberto Barchino,
  • Rocael Hernández-Rizzardini and
  • António Moreira Teixeira

Studies show that feedback greatly improves student learning outcomes, but achieving this level of personalization at scale is a complex task, especially in the diverse and open environment of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). This research provid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,178 Views
17 Pages

21 November 2025

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) represent an innovative online learning paradigm that has garnered considerable popularity in recent years, attracting a multitude of learners to MOOC platforms due to their accessible and adaptable instructional s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,329 Views
16 Pages

27 September 2022

In MOOC learning, learners’ emotions have an important impact on the learning effect. In order to solve the problem that learners’ emotions are not obvious in the learning process, we propose a method to identify learner emotion by combin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,040 Views
22 Pages

C19MOOC: A Remote Learning Reference Framework for Science and Technology Education

  • Shahnawaz Saikat,
  • Jaspaljeet Singh Dhillon,
  • Rosima Alias and
  • Mariam Aisha Fatima

With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, education and learning have been compelled to go entirely online rather than using conventional offline media. As a result, remote learning adoption has exploded, neither planned nor anticipated....

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,991 Views
19 Pages

Learners’ Performance in a MOOC on Programming

  • Lidia Feklistova,
  • Marina Lepp and
  • Piret Luik

8 September 2021

In every course, there are learners who successfully pass assessments and complete the course. However, there are also those who fail the course for various reasons. One of such reasons may be related to success in assessment. Although performance in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,793 Views
24 Pages

A Case Study on English as a Second Language Speakers for Sustainable MOOC Study

  • Ismail Duru,
  • Ayse Saliha Sunar,
  • Su White,
  • Banu Diri and
  • Gulustan Dogan

16 May 2019

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have a great potential for sustainable education. Millions of learners annually enrol on MOOCs designed to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse and international student population. Participants’ backgro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
8,137 Views
15 Pages

16 April 2020

The solutions to the grand challenges of sustainability, poverty, and health affecting the world will require education and capacity building for all individuals implementing change on a global scale. The challenge ahead is to reach those missed by t...

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