Exploring the factors affecting MOOC retention: A survey study
- Submitting institution
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Brunel University London
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 096-120769-5133
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.compedu.2016.03.016
- Title of journal
- Computers & Education
- Article number
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- First page
- 157-168
- Volume
- 98
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0360-1315
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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2 - Software, Systems & Security (SSS)
- Citation count
- 172
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper is published in C&E ranked top 10% among journals in Computer Science: Interdisciplinary Applications. The work provides much-needed insights on why only a small proportion of MOOC participants go on to complete their courses and what MOOC design and implementation factors influence retention. The paper is the 6th most cited (out of 992) among all C&E papers published since 2016 according to the Web of Science.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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