Who are the top contributors in a MOOC? Relating participants' performance and contributions

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 232-243

  Alario Hoyos, C ^a   Munoz Merino P J ^a   Perez Sanagustin M ^b   Delgado Kloos, C ^a   Parada G , H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Contributions; Learning analytics; MOOC; Performance; Social tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959491931     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcal.12127     Document Type: Article

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