Social factors that contribute to attrition in MOOCs

Authors:
Carolyn Penstein Rosé;Ryan Carlson;Diyi Yang;Miaomiao Wen;Lauren Resnick;Pam Goldman;Jennifer Sherer
Affiliations:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the first ACM conference on Learning @ scale conference
Year:
2014

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Abstract

In this paper, we explore student dropout behavior in a Massively Open Online Course (MOOC). We use a survival model to measure the impact of three social factors that make predictions about attrition along the way for students who have participated in the course discussion forum.