Abstract
A massive open online course (MOOC) is an emerging online courses platform that solicited a massive participation, because it is accessible through the Internet. Students, who seek open courses in MOOCs, are influenced by the degree of social presence they perceive when interacting in such online learning communities. The online community design artifacts, that promote social presence in MOOCs websites, are critical to foster online students’ behavior.This study aimed to investigate a thorough list of online community design artifacts that could influence social presence perception in MOOCs websites. The list included categories related to the MOOCs instructor, students, and the MOOCs website. The study also investigates the impact of social presence on students’ behavior; satisfaction, enjoyment, and their attitude toward the website.To validate the research model, an online survey was utilized. Results indicated that the model explained a great share of the variance for the social presence.
Highlights
massive open online course (MOOC) are classes that are available online, and open for diverse learners with different backgrounds (Breslow et al, 2013)
The control variables test showed no impact for gender, and experience with MOOCs, or the MOOCs website name (P > 0.05)
This study has offered some contributions for practice as well; it provides MOOCs designers with a thorough list of online community design artifacts that were proven to positively influence social presence in MOOCs websites
Summary
MOOCs are classes that are available online, and open for diverse learners with different backgrounds (Breslow et al, 2013). MOOCs are transforming higher education; Voss (2013) argued that MOOCs attract a larger audience than any other form of online education. It attracts learners who speak different languages, with a wide range of ages and prior education. There has been limited research investigated how different MOOCs platforms could influence learners’ satisfaction, their enjoyment, and their attitude toward these MOOCs platforms. Substantial research investigated social presence, and its influence on online user behavior. Little research were conducted on social presence in the field of MOOCs
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