Social Positioning and Performance in MOOCs

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  • Shuhang Jiang
  • Sean Fitzhugh
  • Mark Warschauer
چکیده

Literature indicates that centrality is correlated with learners’ engagement in MOOCs. This paper explores the relationship between centrality and performance in two MOOCs. We found one positive and one null correlation between centrality and grade scores at the end of the MOOCs. In both MOOCs, we found out that learners tend to communicate with learners in different performance groups. This suggests that MOOCs’ discussion forum serves to facilitate information flow and help-seeking among learners.

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تاریخ انتشار 2014