Table 1 Selection criteria for entries
Selection criteria | Rationale | |
|---|---|---|
Cost | Free | The ‘open’ nature of MOOCs implies that the course materials should be freely available to the public |
Discipline or field of study | All inclusive | This study is set to investigate positive learning experiences in MOOCs of all disciplines and fields of study |
Rating of the learner | 4 stars and above | This study defines positive learning experiences as 4 stars and above on a five-star scale |
Language of the learner feedback | English | Leximancer cannot process texts in certain languages (e.g. Japanese). The entries written in languages other than English account for about 5% of all entries |
Date | Published online from 2013 to 2019 | Both old and new entries are useful for understanding the positive learning experience in MOOCs |