Persistence patterns in massive open online courses (MOOCs)

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 206-242

  Evans, Brent J ^a   Baker, Rachel B ^b   Dee, Thomas S ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MOOC; Online higher education; Student persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957590184     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: 15384640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2016.0006     Document Type: Article

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