Factors Associated With Student Persistence in an Online Program of Study: A Review of the Literature

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The role of students' motivation and participation in predicting performance in a MOOC (2016, background): “Previous studies show that lack of persistence in online environments is associated with low levels of motivation (Hart, 2012; Vallerand, Fortier, & Guay, 1997; Vanthournout, Gijbels, Coertjens, Donche, & Van Petegem, 2012).”
Studying Learning in the Worldwide Classroom Research into edX's First MOOC. (2013, background): “Participation in interactive learning communities is an important instructional component of MOOCs, and investigations into the students’ behavior on discussion forums may elucidate some of the possible causes of student attrition in online courses (Angelino, Williams, & Natvig, 2007; Hart, 2012).”
Understanding the massive open online course (MOOC) student experience: An examination of attitudes, motivations, and barriers (2017, background): “…the scope of this contribution, interested readers are referred to reviews of motivation studies in online learning, in general, (Bekele, 2010; Hart, 2012) and a recent detailed discussion of motivation research and its application to MOOCs, in particular (Barak, 2016; Ferguson & Clow, 2015;…”