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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) continue to see increasing enrolment, but only a small percent of enrolees completes the MOOCs. Whilst a lot of research has focused on predicting completion, there is little research analysing the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-08-12 Lei Shi , Alexandra I. Cristea , Armando M. Toda , Wilk Oliveira

We profiled three aspects of MOOCs from the perspective of viewing behaviors, the most prominent and common ones of MOOC learning. They were learner classification, course attraction, teaching order and learning order. Based on viewing…

Physics Education · Physics 2018-04-16 Zheng Xie , Xiao Xiao , Jianping Li , Jinying Su

We examine the process of engineering features for developing models that improve our understanding of learners' online behavior in MOOCs. Because feature engineering relies so heavily on human insight, we argue that extra effort should be…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2014-07-22 Kalyan Veeramachaneni , Una-May O'Reilly , Colin Taylor

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) are seen as a next step in distance online learning. In the MOOC vision, large numbers of students can access the course content over the Internet and complete courses at their own pace while interacting…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-10-19 Markus Harju , Teemu Leppänen , Ilkka Virtanen

Student learning activity in MOOCs can be viewed from multiple perspectives. We present a new organization of MOOC learner activity data at a resolution that is in between the fine granularity of the clickstream and coarse organizations…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-12-17 Yanbang Wang , Nancy Law , Erik Hemberg , Una-May O'Reilly

Most education and workplace learning takes place in classroom contexts far removed from laboratories or field sites with special arrangements for scientific research. But digital online resources provide a novel opportunity for large scale…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-02-17 Joseph Jay Williams , Juho Kim , Brian C. Keegan

Student dropout is a global issue influenced by personal, familial, and academic factors, with varying rates across countries. This paper introduces an AI-driven predictive modeling approach to identify students at risk of dropping out…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Ismail Elbouknify , Ismail Berrada , Loubna Mekouar , Youssef Iraqi , El Houcine Bergou , Hind Belhabib , Younes Nail , Souhail Wardi

Massive Open Online Courseware (MOOCs) appeared in 2008 and grew considerably in the past decade, now reaching millions of students and professionals all over the world. MOOCs do not replace other educational forms. Instead, they complement…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-04-08 Eduardo Guerra , Fabio Kon , Paulo Lemos

Studies on massive open online courses (MOOCs) users discuss the existence of typical profiles and their impact on the learning process of the students. However defining the typical behaviors as well as classifying the users accordingly is…

This paper analyzes the dynamics of higher education dropouts through an innovative approach that integrates recurrent events modeling and point process theory with functional data analysis. We propose a novel methodology that extends…

Applications · Statistics 2026-03-02 Alessandra Ragni , Chiara Masci , Anna Maria Paganoni

The introductory programming course (CS1) at the university level is often perceived as particularly challenging, contributing to high dropout rates among Computer Science students. Identifying when and how students encounter difficulties…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Denis Zhidkikh , Ville Isomöttönen , Toni Taipalus

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become popular platforms for online learning. While MOOCs enable students to study at their own pace, this flexibility makes it easy for students to drop out of class. In this paper, our goal is to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Byungsoo Jeon , Namyong Park , Seojin Bang

Learning Analytics is an emerging field in the vast areas of Educational Technology and Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL). It provides tools and techniques that offer researchers the ability to analyze, study, and benchmark institutions,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-06-14 Mohammad Khalil , Behnam Taraghi , Martin Ebner

Dropout is attracting intensive research interest in deep learning as an efficient approach to prevent overfitting. Recently incorporating structural information when deciding which units to drop out produced promising results comparing to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-17 Xiaoli Li

The aim of this paper is to categorize and describe different types of learners in massive open online courses (MOOCs) by means of a subgroup discovery approach based on MapReduce. The final objective is to discover IF-THEN rules that…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-03-12 J. M. Luna , H. M. Fardoun , F. Padillo , C. Romero , S. Ventura

The recent pandemic has changed the way we see education. It is not surprising that children and college students are not the only ones using online education. Millions of adults have signed up for online classes and courses during last…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Manuel J. Gomez , Mario Calderón , Victor Sánchez , Félix J. García Clemente , José A. Ruipérez-Valiente

New technologies, such as MOOCs, provide innovative methods to tackle new challenges in teaching and learning, such as globalization and changing contemporary culture and to remove the limits of conventional classrooms. However, they also…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-10-25 S. H. Song , Marco Antonelli , Tony Fung , Brandon D. Armstrong , Amy Chong , Albert Lo , Bertram E. Shi

Student dropout prediction is an indispensable for numerous intelligent systems to measure the education system and success rate of any university as well as throughout the university in the world. Therefore, it becomes essential to develop…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2014-05-16 Sweta Rai

With the development of MOOCs massive open online courses, increasingly more subjects can be studied online. Researchers currently show growing interest in the field of MOOCs, including dropout prediction, cheating detection and achievement…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2019-08-06 Shaojie Qu , Kan Li , Zheyi Fan , Sisi Wu , Xinyi Liu , Zhiguo Huang

Through the analysis of cultural, socioeconomic and academic performance aspects it is possible to map the profile of the students and their motivations to drop out. This article aims to create a computational tool for data visualization…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-02-01 Pedro P. Ladeira , Leandro M. de Lima , Renato A. Krohling