Who are the top contributors in a MOOC? Relating participants' performance and contributions.
The role of social tools in massive open online courses (MOOCs) is essential as they connect participants. Of all the participants in an MOOC, top contributors are the ones who more actively contribute via social tools. This article analyses and reports empirical data from five different social tool...
| Published in: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 232 - 244 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2016
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