Motivation to learn in massive open online courses: Examining aspects of language and social engagement

Computers and Education

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-60

  Barak, Miri ^a   Watted, Abeer ^a   Haick, Hossam ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Higher education; Language of instruction; Massive open online course; Motivation; Social engagement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; MOTIVATION; NANOSENSORS; SURVEYS;

EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES; HIGHER EDUCATION; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION; LEARNING MOTIVATION; MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE; PROBLEM SOLVERS; SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84949575337     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2015.11.010     Document Type: Article

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