Learning Profiles, Behaviors and Outcomes: Investigating International Students' Learning Experience in an English MOOC

摘要

Learning analytics provided new opportunities to investigate students' online learning experience in a more in-depth and comprehensive way. In this study, learning analytics were utilized to investigate international students' learning experience in an English MOOC in addition to survey data and test results. Using K-means cluster analysis and stepwise linear regression, this study classified international MOOC students into four major categories and identified three types of learning behaviors as significant predictors for MOOC learning performance. The research findings provide several interesting perspectives on international students' online learning behaviors, and can inform the design and evaluation of online instruction for global audiences.