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How can Gamification Improve MOOC Student Engagement?

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) require students’ motivation either intrinsically or extrinsically to complete any of its courses. Even though MOOCs enjoy great popularity and bring many benefits to the educational community, some concerns arise with MOOC advancement. In fact, MOOCs are affected by low completion rate and face issues with respect to interactivity and student engagement alon...

Babies get it right

Infants use a region on the right side of their brain to distinguish between human faces and objects.

New Challenges for the Motivation and Learning in Engineering Education Using Gamification in MOOC*

The phenomenon ofMOOC (Massive OnlineOpenCourses) is increasingly experienced and is giving rise to new scenarios and challenges with several features that are different from previous approaches to online education. In the field of engineering education, Information and Communication Technologies are making continuous innovation in methods of teaching and learning for students. Engineering Educ...

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How cells get the right chromosomes.

When cells divide, the chromosomes must be delivered flawlessly to the daughter cells. Missing or extra chromosomes can result in birth defects and cancer. Chance events are the starting point for chromosome delivery, which makes the process prone to error. Errors are avoided by diverse uses of mechanical tension from mitotic forces. Tension stabilizes the proper chromosome configuration, contr...