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Internationalizing Professional Development: Using Educational Data Mining to Analyze Learners' Performance and Dropouts in a French MOOC
Chaker, Rawad; Bachelet, Rémi
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, v21 n4 p199-221 Nov 2020
This paper uses data mining from a French project management MOOC to study learners' performance (i.e., grades and persistence) based on a series of variables: age, educational background, socio-professional status, geographical area, gender, self- versus mandatory-enrollment, and learning intentions. Unlike most studies in this area, we focus on learners from the French-speaking world: France and French-speaking European countries, the Caribbean, North Africa, and Central and West Africa. Results show that the largest gaps in MOOC achievements occur between 1) learners from partner institutions versus self-enrolled learners 2) learners from European countries versus low- and middle-income countries, and 3) learners who are professionally active versus inactive learners (i.e., with available time). Finally, we used the CHAID data-mining method to analyze the main characteristics and discriminant factors of MOOC learner performance and dropout.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Grades (Scholastic), Academic Persistence, Age Differences, Experience, Background, Employment Level, Geographic Regions, Gender Differences, Enrollment, Intention, Socioeconomic Status, Data Collection, Dropouts, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Professional Development, Student Attrition, Learner Engagement
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Identifiers - Location: France; Caribbean; Africa
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