Relationship between learners’ motivation and course engagement in an astronomy massive open online course

In this work we study how different motivations of learners relate to their engagement in a massive open online course (MOOC). The research was conducted in a cohort-based astronomy MOOC “Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space” provided through the Coursera platform. In order to discern motivations of...

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Main Authors: Martin Formanek, Sanlyn Buxner, Chris Impey, Matthew Wenger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-11-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.020140