RT Journal Article
T1 Determining Factors in MOOCs Completion Rates: Application Test in Energy Sustainability Courses
A1 Romero Rodríguez, Luis Miguel
A1 Ramírez Montoya, María Soledad
A1 Aguaded, José Ignacio
AB Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) are open educational activities that allow fordistance learning and professional updating, although the academic community has questioned theire ectiveness due to their low completion rates. This research analyzes which factors (personal, family,social, labor, and instructional design) are involved in the value expectations and engagement of theMOOCs and to what degree these a ect the decision to enroll and the completion of the MOOC. Tothis end, in the context of 12 MOOCs on energy sustainability carried out between 2017 and 2018,8737 participants were surveyed using two instruments designed according to theoretical constructsand expert judgment. The main results show that all the factors reviewed influence the decisionto take a MOOC, although the “professional development” aspect has the most significant impacton participants who have graduated from technical and engineering careers. Additionally, thisstudy emphasizes that the “instructional design” factor is decisive in the engagement of youngerparticipants, showing that the conventional design of xMOOCs (Stanford Model) may be one of themost important reasons for the low completion rates of this type of course.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2020
FD 2020-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17872
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17872
LA eng
NO Romero Rodríguez, L. M., Ramírez Montoya, M. S.,   Aguaded Gómez, I. (2020). Determining Factors in MOOCs Completion Rates: Application Test in Energy Sustainability Courses. Sustainability, 12(7), 2893. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072893
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026