Abstract
This study focuses on identifying the barriers to satisfaction of MOOC participants, and the predictors of these barriers. Five hundred and forty-two English as a Second Language MOOC participants responded to pre- and post-questionnaires. Using exploratory factor analysis three kinds of barriers were identified, namely: ‘Lack of interestingness/relevance’, ‘Lack of time/bad planning’ and ‘Lack of knowledge/technical problem’. The effects of the participant’s age, gender and level of self-efficacy, motivation, self-regulation learning skills and the intention to complete the course were analyzed as predictors of those barriers. Theoretical and practical implications regarding online learner satisfaction are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Transforming Learning with Meaningful Technologies - 14th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2019, Proceedings |
| Editors | Maren Scheffel, Julien Broisin, Viktoria Pammer-Schindler, Andri Ioannou, Jan Schneider |
| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Pages | 631-635 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030297350 |
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| State | Published - 2019 |
| Event | 14th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2019 - Delft, Netherlands Duration: 16 Sep 2019 → 19 Sep 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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| Volume | 11722 LNCS |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | 14th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2019 |
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| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Delft |
| Period | 16/09/19 → 19/09/19 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Keywords
- Barriers
- MOOCs
- Motivation
- Self-efficacy
- Self-regulated learning