Attrition in MOOC: Lessons Learned from Drop-Out Students

Christian Gütl; Rocael Hernández Rizzardini; Vanessa Chang; Miguel Morales

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10671-7_4

Attrition in MOOC: Lessons Learned from Drop-Out Students

Christian Gütl, Rocael Hernández Rizzardini, Vanessa Chang, Miguel Morales

Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science (7060)

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Abstract

Despite the popularity of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), recent studies have found that completion rates are low with some reported to be significantly lower than 10%. The low retention and completion rates are major concerns for educators and institutions. This paper investigates motivations for enrolling in a MOOC on the topic of 'e-learning' and discusses reasons for the attrition rates during the course. A survey of 134 students who had not completed the MOOC reveals that only 22% of the students had intended to complete the MOOC but was unable to due to various factors including academic and personal reasons. A big majority of the students indicated that changes in their job, insufficient time, difficulty with the subject matter and unchallenging activities are some of the reasons for the drop-out.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Learning Technology for Education in Cloud
Subtitle of host publication	MOOC and Big Data - 3rd International Workshop, LTEC 2014, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag Wien
Pages	37-48
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783319106700
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10671-7_4
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	3rd International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in the Cloud: LTEC 2014 - Santiago, Chile Duration: 2 Sept 2014 → 5 Sept 2014

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	446 CCIS
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929

Conference

Conference	3rd International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in the Cloud
Country/Territory	Chile
City	Santiago
Period	2/09/14 → 5/09/14

Keywords

Attrition Rate
Completion Rate
Massive Open Online Course
Retention Rate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
General Mathematics

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Gütl, C., Rizzardini, R. H., Chang, V., & Morales, M. (2014). Attrition in MOOC: Lessons Learned from Drop-Out Students. In Learning Technology for Education in Cloud: MOOC and Big Data - 3rd International Workshop, LTEC 2014, Proceedings (pp. 37-48). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 446 CCIS). Springer Verlag Wien. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10671-7_4

Attrition in MOOC: Lessons Learned from Drop-Out Students. / Gütl, Christian; Rizzardini, Rocael Hernández; Chang, Vanessa et al.
Learning Technology for Education in Cloud: MOOC and Big Data - 3rd International Workshop, LTEC 2014, Proceedings. Springer Verlag Wien, 2014. p. 37-48 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 446 CCIS).

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Gütl, C, Rizzardini, RH, Chang, V & Morales, M 2014, Attrition in MOOC: Lessons Learned from Drop-Out Students. in Learning Technology for Education in Cloud: MOOC and Big Data - 3rd International Workshop, LTEC 2014, Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 446 CCIS, Springer Verlag Wien, pp. 37-48, 3rd International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in the Cloud, Santiago, Chile, 2/09/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10671-7_4

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