MOOCs and the funnel of participation

By Doug Clow. International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, 2013

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Subfields: Computer Science Applications

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Democratizing Higher Education: Exploring MOOC Use among Those Who Cannot Afford a Formal Education. (2014, unknown): “Many research questions are still open in regard to the learning analytics on MOOCs and understanding trends such as the high drop rates (Clow, 2013).”
What makes a great MOOC? An interdisciplinary analysis of student retention in online courses (2013, background): “This is evident if we take into consideration that the student retention rates are very low (Clow 2013; Downes 2010; Knowledge@Wharton 2013; Lewin 2013).”
Will MOOCs transform learning and teaching in higher education? Engagement and course retention in online learning provision (2015, background): “The “funnel of participation” has been observed in all online courses (Clow, 2013).”
“ Turn on , Tune in , Drop out ” : Anticipating student dropouts in Massive Open Online Courses (2013, background): “[26] have characterized the pattern of attrition in MOOCs as a funnel of participation.”
Attrition and Achievement Gaps in Online Learning (2015, background): “Instead, more nuanced categorizations based on learner behavior [12, 4], motivations [13], or intentions [29] have been suggested.”
Understanding Student Motivation, Behaviors and Perceptions in MOOCs (2015, background): “One notable phenomenon in MOOC research is the very low retention rates in MOOCs [1, 4, 8, 9, 19, 16].”
The role of students' motivation and participation in predicting performance in a MOOC (2016, background): “Although initially MOOCs students are highly motivated, only a very small number persist until the end of the course (e.g., Clow, 2013; MOOCs@Edinburgh This article is protected by copyright.”
Exploring the factors affecting MOOC retention: A survey study (2016, background): “A ‘ funnel of participation ’ (Clow, 2013) is well recognised within MOOC education. de Freitas et al. (2015) report a relatively rapid dropout rate at the start of their Astronomy MOOC which stabilises to an almost negligible rate by the ﬁ nal part of the course.”