THE ROLE OF VIDEOS FOR STUDENT ACTIVITY IN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. A comparative analysis of student engagement in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

Abstract

This thesis aims at discovering basic learner engagement constructs in three massive open online courses (MOOCs) offered by two Swedish higher education institutions by focussing on learner content interaction. More specifically it concentrates on learner engagement with lecture videos and different characteristics which influence this engagement. It furthermore analyses MOOC learner demographics and integrates the results into recent work in the field. In sum, the thesis gives first insights and guidance for future research with the support of the course data as well as implication for MOOC design and development.