First day stands out as most popular among MOOC leavers

The open nature of MOOCs poses new challenges for educators to engage students in their learning. It defies the traditional classroom bound learning and demands new measures to be taken that would help keep students engaged in the course. This paper studies the enrolment data of three MOOCs offered...

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Main Authors: Nazir, Usman (Author), Davis, Hugh C. (Author), Harris, Lisa J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015-03-26.
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