Motivation for learning in campus-integrated MOOCs: Self-determined students, grade hunters and teacher trusters

Computers and Education Open, vol. 6, pp. 100158

Abstract

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) integration into campus education is rising, in many different forms. When integrating MOOCs, motivation to learn demands consideration as it is related to academic achievement and well-being. Student motivation in formal integrated MOOC learning is understudied. This study aimed to characterize the shape of motivation to learn in integrated MOOC learning. Motivation profiles of undergraduate students that learn in three different MOOC integration designs were explored, as was the distribution of profiles among integration designs. Finally, factors that underpin motivation were compared between integration designs. Six motivation profiles were recovered through a two-step cluster analysis: Self-determined students, highly self-determined students, grade hunters, and teacher trusters who are moderately, highly, or extremely trusting. Proportions of motivation profiles differed significantly between MOOC integration designs, and psychological needs were satisfied and frustrated significantly different between designs. Implications for future MOOC integration research and practice are discussed.

Authors 4

1. Renée A. Hendriks corresponding

   Inholland University of Applied Sciences

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Student Success, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Haarlem, The Netherlands

2. Peter G. M. de Jong Aachen Center for Innovation in Medical Education

   Leiden University Medical Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Center for Innovation in Medical Education, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

3. Wilfried Admiraal

   OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University

   Affiliation as printed

   Centre for the Study of Professions, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

4. Marlies E. J. Reinders Aachen Department of Internal Medicine Division of Nephrology and Transplant Center

   Leiden University Medical Center · Erasmus MC · Erasmus MC Transplant Institute

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Transplant Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

   Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Internal Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands