COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION CONNECTION TO THE MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES COMPLETION RATE
The online education development will be the driving force behind changes in the world’s educational trends. The proposed article provides the analysis for the learning outcome at massive open online courses "Learning How to Learn" and "Educational Tools for Critical Thinking" to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Adaptivni Sistemi Avtomatičnogo Upravlinnâ |
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| Online Access: | http://asac.kpi.ua/article/view/178231 |
| Summary: | The online education development will be the driving force behind changes in the world’s educational trends. The proposed article provides the analysis for the learning outcome at massive open online courses "Learning How to Learn" and "Educational Tools for Critical Thinking" to identify students’ motivational needs. "Learning How to Learn" course is adapted in Ukrainian, "Educational Tools for Critical Thinking" is developed by Ukrainian authors. Courses are distributed on the Prometheus platform in 2018, they are created for different target audiences and include different motivational components for students. The article aims to solve such problems: analysis and research the testing results at the courses "Learning How to Learn" and "Educational Tools for Critical Thinking" to motivate students and further guidelines creation for the motivational techniques’ development for online course students. Considering the presented data, we can conclude the main motivation for these students was to master new knowledge or deepen existing ones to obtain a new post, improving the financial position or changing the profession for the same purpose. Consequently, material motivation plays a leading role. Motivational techniques for improving the learning process quality and increasing the correlation between mastering the theoretical material and passing practical exercises are proposed in conclusions.
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| ISSN: | 1560-8956 2522-9575 |