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    Attrition in MOOC: Lessons Learned from Drop-Out Students

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    Authors
    Guetl, Christian
    Hernandez Rizzardini, R.
    Chang, V.
    Morales, M.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Book Chapter
    
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    Guetl, C. and Hernandez Rizzardini, R. and Chang, V. and Morales, M. 2014. Attrition in MOOC: Lessons Learned from Drop-Out Students, in L. Uden, J. Sinclair, Y. Toa, and D. Liberona (ed), Learning Technology for Education in Cloud: MOOC and Big Data. Zurich: Springer.
    Source Title
    Learning Technology for Education in Cloud. MOOC and Big Data: Communications in Computer and Information Science
    Source Conference
    Third International Workshop of Learning Technology for Education in Cloud
    DOI
    10.1007/978-3-319-10671-7_4
    ISBN
    978-3-319-10670-0
    School
    School of Information Systems
    Remarks

    Paper presented at Third International Workshop, LTEC 2014, Santiago, Chile, September 2-5, 2014.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2743
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Despite the popularity of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), recent studies have found that completion rates are low with some reported to be significantly lower than 10%. The low retention and completion rates are major concerns for educators and institutions. This paper investigates motivations for enrolling in a MOOC on the topic of ‘e-learning’ and discusses reasons for the attrition rates during the course. A survey of 134 students who had not completed the MOOC reveals that only 22% of the students had intended to complete the MOOC but was unable to due to various factors including academic and personal reasons. A big majority of the students indicated that changes in their job, insufficient time, difficulty with the subject matter and unchallenging activities are some of the reasons for the drop-out.

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