Cultural Dimensions and Completion of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

• In Event: INTL - Online Learning, Mobile Learning & MOOCs

Short Description

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have great potential, but low completion rates. Why do learners start but not finish?" How much does "culture" have to do with it? By understanding the answers to these questions, better serve learners. In this study we examine the effects of culture on course completion using three different courses enrolling 270,263 learners from 67 different nations, and six different dimensions of culture. Several significant culture-based differences were revealed.

Authors

• Nicole Wang, Penn State University

• Kyle L. Peck, Pennsylvania State University

• Sarah Stager, 8144702292