DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE COMPLETION RATE OF MASS OPEN ONLINE COURSES
https://doi.org/10.24412/2225-8264-2025-3-988
Abstract
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a powerful educational tool that plays an important role in providing continuing education in today’s global challenges. However, MOOCs still show a low completion rate (COR). The purpose of the paper is to analyze the positive experience of MOOC implementation, as well as highlight recommendations aimed at solving the problem of the low percentage of MOOC completion by students.
The work is based on a review of the scientific literature on the issue of the low MOOC completion rate, as well as on the basis of quantitative and qualitative analysis of data collected from reviews, surveys, metrics and ratings obtained during the organization of the MOOC «Services and Applications for Teachers» on the Stepik platform with an audience of more than 6,000 participants. The course demonstrates a completion rate of 46.5%, which is significantly higher than the average level for MOOCs and makes it interesting to analyze. The significance of the results lies in analyzing the effectiveness of the proposed recommendations based on the existing course and evaluating its main metrics.
The developed recommendations have shown their effectiveness at the testing stage and can be applied in the development of MOOCs, as well as useful for further research in this area.
About the Author
A. A. Belolobova
Omsk state technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna A. Belolobova, Senior Lecturer
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Belolobova A.A. DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE COMPLETION RATE OF MASS OPEN ONLINE COURSES. Herald of Siberian Institute of Business and Information Technologies. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24412/2225-8264-2025-3-988
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